Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Programme

ISDR System Partners

The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) System has been restructured over the past two years to engage a broad range of international, regional, national agencies and governments towards implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015.
The ISDR system is supported by i) a Management Oversight Board (MOB), providing strategic advice, ii) a Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR), sharing good practices, promoting implementation of HFA in the countries and regions and supporting integrated planning among operational agencies. The ISDR Secretariat provides administrative support to the strengthened ISDR system.

WMO Secretary-General is actively participating on the ISDR Management Oversight Board, together with heads of the World Bank, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Development Group, the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Moreover, WMO is a contributing partner in the multi-stakeholder Joint Work Plan of the ISDR System, to leverage capacities and resources of agencies towards implementation of the HFA, and more specifically leads the activities related to its second priority, namely “identifying, assessing and monitoring disaster risks and enhancing early warnings”.

Through a coordinated approach, benefits of WMO and NMHSs were strongly reflected through the First Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP/DRR), held in Geneva in June 2007. During this event, WMO has been recognized internationally as the lead agency in the area of early warning systems.

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