Partner Profile
Mission & Disaster Reduction Profile
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The SAARC Disaster Management Centre would serve the Member Countries by providing policy advice and facilitating capacity building services including strategic learning, research, training, system development, expertise promotion and exchange of information for effective disaster risk reduction and for planning and coordinating a rapid regional response mechanism to disasters within the region.
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Activites in the campaign
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- SAARC hosted a “Making Cities Resilient” campaign launch for South Asia in May 2010.
- The SAARC centre published and launched a compilation of urban risk management practice and has followed up with a strategy to address urban risk.
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Campaign News
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- The Price of Resilience: Interview with Emiko Okuyama…
- Date: 22 May 2013
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- Disaster-prone cities call for inclusion
- Date: 20 May 2013
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- Life After Sandy: Interview with Hoboken, NJ Mayor…
- Date: 17 May 2013
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Downloads
- Mayor's Statement Global Platform DRR 2013 [ENG - PDF 358KB] Mayor's Statement Global Platform DRR 2013 [SPA - PDF 358KB] Chendgu Declaration for Action [PDF, 176KB] Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 [ext. link] Ten-point checklist for making cities resilient [PDF 324KB] Bonn Declaration of the Mayors Adaptation Forum [PDF 175KB] FAQ [PDF 139KB]