South East Europe Assessment Phase (SEEDRMAP)
In 2007, the World Bank, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN-ISDR) initiated the South Eastern Europe Disaster Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Programme (SEEDRMAP), aiming at developing or strengthening national capacities in this region along three components: (i) Disaster risk management institutional capacities and governance; (ii) Hydrometeorological services and their cooperation with sectors; and (iii) Financial risk transfer mechanisms, to assist the beneficiaries in reducing risks associated with natural hazards. During the first phase of the project, fact finding surveys and desk-top studies were performed as the basis for the development of relevant projects in the following areas: |
