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Progress Report on ISDR Activities Sálvano Briceño Director, ISDR Secretariat

Progress Report on ISDR Activities Sálvano Briceño Director, ISDR Secretariat. Focus on key achievements Reporting against work plan Other issues Other agencies invited to report key advances See Information Note for full details. Progress Report on ISDR Activities.

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Progress Report on ISDR Activities Sálvano Briceño Director, ISDR Secretariat

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  1. Progress Report on ISDR Activities Sálvano Briceño Director, ISDR Secretariat

  2. Focus on key achievements Reporting against work plan Other issues Other agencies invited to report key advances See Information Note for full details Progress Report on ISDR Activities IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 2

  3. 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 Main achievements IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 4

  4. 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 1. World Conference on Disaster Reduction IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 5

  5. 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 2. National information IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 6

  6. 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) 3. Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning (PPEW) IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 7

  7. 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) 4. Media coverage and outreach IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 8

  8. 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… 5. New innovative public-private partnerships IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 9

  9. Asia New post in Dushanbe, Tajikstan Support from Norway and Sweden ISDR Asia Partnership strengthening: slowly but steadily… with ADPC, ADRC, UNDP, ESCAP and gradually others Pacific Pacific position paper for WCDR Africa AMCEN and AU Summit adoption of disaster reduction strategy African Development Bank guidelines on disaster risk reduction Latin America and the Caribbean Andean Summit adoption of disaster reduction strategy Increased consultation and inter-agency collaboration 6. New regional development in Asia within ISDR Secretariat IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 10

  10. Specific activities in Africa, Asia, LAC Enhancing UN system capacities Regular tripartite meetings in Geneva and closer interaction 7. Increased collaboration with UNDP and OCHA IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 11

  11. 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 8. Resource mobilization to ISDR Trust Fund IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 12

  12. 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 The way forward IATF-10, 8 October 2004, page 13

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