Activities/Initiatives

The Asian Partnership on Disaster Reduction (IAP) was set up in 2003 at the initiative of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) as an informal group to promote disaster risk reduction matters in the Asia & Pacific region. At the request of relevant regional partners in disaster management, the UN/ISDR Asia and Pacific was requested to take the lead of the IAP. The role of the IAP is precisely to build on the existing regional expertise and mechanisms in DRR to promote joint actions, programming and implementation of DRR at the regional level, to better assist the countries in mainstreaming DRR as part of national development planning, identifying their national priorities and develop their national DRR strategy.

The Government of the Republic of Korea and UNISDR hosted the Fourth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction through Climate Change Adaptation (4AMCDRR), on 25-28 October 2010 at Incheon, Korea.

The report is based on a review and analysis of the national progress reports shared by 27 countries in the region for both the current period as well as previous review periods, progress reports shared by regional organisations such as South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Association of Southeast Asian Nations and South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission, the four AMCDRR declarations and action plans, the Regional Synthesis Report for the period 2007-2009, and interviews with key informants in the region.

Central to the Making Cities Resilient: “My city is getting ready!” World Disaster Reduction Campaign is a partnering initiative of local government alliances for disaster risk reduction with peer learning opportunities. The aim of the campaign is to encourage mayors, local governments and national authorities to take action towards making cities resilient as part of sustainable urbanization.

The One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals Campaign encourages an individual, a family, a community, an organization, a government, a business or any other entity to make a pledge for a school or hospital and make them safer now to survive disasters. Schools refer to all educational institutions and hospitals refer to all health facilities.