Warning Natural disasters

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ISDR OUTREACH
Latin America- Panama city Africa- Nairobi Asia-
Bangkok WANA Region- Cairo CA - Dushanbe Europ
e- Geneva


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What we are

• Our goal reducing disaster risk
• Our strategy ISDR
• Our tool Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)

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Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Building the
Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters

• Adopted by 168 governments at the Second World
  Conference on Disaster Reduction
  
• Kobe, Japan, January 2005

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• Five priorities for managing disaster risk
  reduction acknowledged within HFA
  
• Ensure that DRR is a national and a local
  priority with a strong institutional basis for
  implementation
  
• Identify, assess, and monitor risks and enhance
  early warning
  
• Use knowledge, innovation, and education to build
  a culture of safety and resilience at all levels
  
• Reduce the underlying risk factors
• Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective
  response at all levels
  

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UN/ISDR in Central Asia

• Increase public awareness to understand risk,
  vulnerability and disaster reduction
  
• Obtain commitment from public authorities to
  implement disaster reduction policies and actions
  
  
• Stimulate interdisciplinary and inter-sector
  partnerships, including the expansion of risk
  reduction networks
  
• Improve scientific knowledge about disaster
  reduction

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• Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015

• Building the Resilience of Nations and
  Communities to Disasters

National coordination mechanisms
National Platform reported by Kazakhstan Nati
onal reports on implementation of HFA
National focal points assigned to represent gove
rnments
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Regional coordination mechanism in Central
Asia

• Facilitation of the
• establishment of the regional
• coordination mechanism
• Establishing working relations
• in DRR in the region
• Identification of common
• concerns
• Support to regional initiatives
• (Ferghana Valley, Regional
• Coordination Center, etc.)

Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
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Enhance knowledge, innovation and education to
build a culture of safety and resilience

• Strengthening of the existing
• Knowledge Network among the
• Universities in CA through
• development of the methodical
• manuals, publication and
• distribution
• of the materials

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Development of the national and regional capacity
through promotion of regional cooperation

• Establish and strengthen the network of
  interaction, knowledge and information exchange
  on disasters prevention

• Conduct national and regional conferences and
  workshops

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• Development of a manual on safer construction
  practices using local materials

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Seismic risk reduction

• Raising awareness of secondary school
  administrations about seismic safety rules
  through a series of workshops for secondary
  school headmasters
• Seismic risk assessment of schools in the city
  of Dushanbe

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Global Campaigns

• 2006-2007 Disaster risk reduction begins at
  school
  
• 2008-2009 Safe hospitals and health care
  facilities
  
• Celebration of annual International day for
  disaster reduction
  

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International Day for Disaster Reduction
On this day a variety of events are organized to
introduce a culture of prevention among people.
Radio and TV spots are broadcasted. To attract
attention of larger audience quizzes and board
games are offered at childrens newspaper.
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