Functions and responsibilities
The Secretariat of the ISDR
has been established as a flexible structure with core staff composed of a
small number of substantive officers and managed by a Director under the direct
authority of the Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs. Staff additional
to the core staff can be considered on the basis of special funding for specific
activities to be carried out by the Secretariat in connection with its key
functions. The ISDR Secretariat is funded exclusively from voluntary contributions.
Functions
and responsibilities as per Secretary General’s report
A/54/497
- To serve
as the focal point within the United Nations system for the coordination
of strategies and programmes for natural disaster reduction,
and to ensure synergy between disaster reduction strategies and
those in the socio-economic and humanitarian fields;
- To support
the inter-agency task force in the development of policies on
natural disaster reduction;
- To promote
a worldwide culture of reduction of the negative effects of natural
hazards, through advocacy campaigns;
- To serve
as an international clearing house for the dissemination and
exchange of information and knowledge on disaster reduction strategies;
and
- To backstop
the policy and advocacy activities of national committees for
natural disaster reduction.
ISDR
funding
The Secretariat for the ISDR will raise funds to cover the costs of its mandated
functions and selected activities to be carried out under its auspices in collaboration
with other partners. Funds raised in this manner will be channeled through
the ISDR Trust Fund established for this purpose.
Annual
strategic plans of action
The Secretariat will support the implementation of the ISDR by formulating
annual strategic plans of action/workplans delineating activities of a substantive
nature to be carried out within specified timeframes. |
