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Regional Review for Progress in Implementing HFA and Advancing Disaster Risk Reduction Arab Region - 2009

Regional Review for Progress in Implementing HFA and Advancing Disaster Risk Reduction Arab Region - 2009. HFA requested sub/regional bodies to:.

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Regional Review for Progress in Implementing HFA and Advancing Disaster Risk Reduction Arab Region - 2009

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  1. Regional Review for Progress in Implementing HFA and Advancing Disaster Risk Reduction Arab Region - 2009

  2. HFA requested sub/regional bodies to: • Coordinate and facilitate national inputs in their respective region to ensure sufficient quality and representation of national and regional realities; • Done by League of Arab States in 2008 • Provide an analysis of key trends, progress and challenges in implementing risk reduction and recovery activities with specific attention to trans-boundary efforts. Done jointly by League of Arab States and UNISDR Regional Office

  3. National Reviews / Reports: • Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen • One in-depth country review “case study” Egypt. • Regional analysis and review of progress supported by a resolution from the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment Reporting on regional progress:

  4. Weak and incomplete Institutional Frameworks • Inadequate capacity to implement DRR • Weak knowledge and info base for DRR • Weak vertical (regional-national) and horizontal (national-local) coordination • Difficulty in reorienting to DR management • Scarcity/limitation of adequate financing for DRR • Ensuring the sustainability of the set national agenda and policy to adopt the DRR Gaps Identified:

  5. Regional review will be presented in a regional workshop in Jeddah 19-21 May convened by League of Arab States, Chair of CAMRE Executive Office, UNISDR and IsDB • Political commitment to be asserted through regional policies on sustainable development • Focus on (1) knowledge management including enhancement of data on risk, hazards and vulnerabilities (2) capacity development for national authorities working on DRR to expedite implementation of HFA Next Steps:

  6. Thank you www.preventionweb.net/gar09

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