UNISDR

The secretariat to ISDR system is UNISDR secretariat. The ISDR system includes all DRR institutions, organizations and practitioners.

By increasing awareness of DRR as essential to sustainable development, UNISDR seeks to build disaster-resilient communities and reduce the human, economic and environmental cost of natural hazards and related technological and environmental disasters.

UNISDR secretariat advocates for and coordinates DRR within the broader ISDR system, and within CADRI the secretariat:

participates in delivery of regional workshops
contributes to UNCT training on creating a strong institutional basis for DRR
hosts and maintains the CADRI secretariat
contributes technical expertise upon request
supports delivery of training to Regional Coordinators (RCs) and UNCTs.

Glossary

CADRI: An inter-agency initiative of UNDP/BCPR, OCHA and the UNISDR secretariat, CADRI's mission is to advance knowledge of, and strengthen sustainable capacity development for disaster risk reduction worldwide.
disaster: Serious disruption of a community or a society: widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, beyond coping with available resources.
DRR: Efforts to manage the causes of disaster – lessening the vulnerability of people and property – and to improve future preparedness. Go to http://www.cadri.net/en/areas-we-work/disaster-risk-reduction.
UNISDR: Aims to build disaster-resilient communities by promoting awareness of disaster reduction as integral to sustainable development. See http://www.unisdr.org/.

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