Transcript Progress Report on ISDR Activities Sálvano Briceño Director, ISDR Secretariat Progress Report on ISDR Activities • • • • Focus on key achievements Reporting against work plan Other issues Other agencies invited to report key.

Progress Report
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ISDR
Activities
Sálvano Briceño
Director, ISDR Secretariat
Progress Report on
ISDR Activities
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Focus on key achievements
Reporting against work plan
Other issues
Other agencies invited to report
key advances
See Information Note for full details
IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 2
Main achievements
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World Conference on Disaster Reduction
National information
Platform for Promotion of Early Warning
Media coverage and outreach
New innovative public-private partnerships
New regional developments in Asia
Increased collaboration with UNDP and OCHA
Resource mobilization to ISDR Trust Fund 2004
IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 4
1. World Conference on Disaster
Reduction
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Intergovernmental process: PrepCom,
Bureau, Elements for a programme of
action 2005-2015
Thematic and regional sessions: further
discussion this afternoon at WG
Check Website: www.unisdr.org/wcdr
IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 5
2. National information
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Over 90 countries inputs
Comprehensive and rich information
Substantive input to review of Yokohama
and for WCDR
New official platforms in Colombia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, Gabon, Kenya, Rep. Of
Congo, Uruguay
IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 6
3. Platform for the Promotion of
Early Warning (PPEW)
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New outreach office capacity in Bonn
Building links with other UN groups there
Focus on advancing EWC-II outcomes
Work with partners on climate and water
Support for PPEW from Germany
(See PPEW Newsletter on table in corridor)
IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 7
4. Media coverage and outreach
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New media capacity in Secretariat
Developing stories for press, radio and TV
Focus on WCDR
Failure to react to locust early warning
Caribbean hurricanes – lessons & good
practices
(See new «Media Room » on website)
IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 8
5. New innovative public-private
partnerships
In advocacy and information
• Know Risk publication for WDCR:
investment by Tudor Rose publisher
• Drawing contest and 2005 calendar with
Entico Corp
• Living with Risk (2004): selling well but
need to promote further…
IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 9
6. New regional development in
Asia within ISDR Secretariat
Asia
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New post in Dushanbe, Tajikstan
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Support from Norway and Sweden
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ISDR Asia Partnership strengthening: slowly but steadily… with ADPC,
ADRC, UNDP, ESCAP and gradually others
Pacific
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Pacific position paper for WCDR
Africa
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AMCEN and AU Summit adoption of disaster reduction strategy
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African Development Bank guidelines on disaster risk reduction
Latin America and the Caribbean
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Andean Summit adoption of disaster reduction strategy
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Increased consultation and inter-agency collaboration
IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 10
7. Increased collaboration with
UNDP and OCHA
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Specific activities in Africa, Asia, LAC
Enhancing UN system capacities
Regular tripartite meetings in Geneva
and closer interaction
IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 11
8. Resource mobilization to ISDR
Trust Fund
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75% of 2004 funding needs are in hand
Gradually attracting new country and agency
donors (details in Info Note)
Travel support of delegates to PrepCom
encouraging - but still $900K gap for WCDR
Chronic lack of stable predictable funding
For 2005, less than 25% coverage of needs
IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 12
The way forward
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WCDR dominates immediate priorities –
longterm investment for commitment
Build strong supporting, monitoring and guiding
mechanisms at all levels
Growing demand from countries for support
Growing donor interest in disaster risk reduction
and better use of existing resources
Enhanced coordination & synergy within UN
IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 13