Hyogo Framework for Action

In 2005, at the World Conference for Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan, 168 countries drafted and approved the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA): a 10-year strategy to integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR) into the development programmes of individual nations.

Guided by the HFA, individual countries can measure progress in reducing their own disaster risk against internationally agreed targets and priorities. The HFA also underscores the relationship between reducing disaster risk and achieving broader development challenges such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Whether working locally, nationally or internationally, the HFA challenges all concerned to make DRR a priority and to recognize capacity development as central to this task. The five priority actions identified by the HFA are to:

Ensure DRR is a national and a local priority.
Identify, assess and monitor disaster risk and enhance early warning.
Use knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels.
Reduce underlying risk factors.
Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels.

The HFA also identifies four priority cross-cutting areas for reducing disaster risk: gender, capacity development, communities and volunteers, and climate change adaptation.

Our role within the HFA

CADRI was established in 2007 to support capacity development and to advance the five priority actions identified by the HFA to reduce disaster risk. We recognize that none of these priorities will be achieved without capacity development at the heart of a comprehensive development agenda. The HFA also identified capacity development as a cross-cutting activity for DRR, and DRR as a cross-cutting issue in sustainable development.

Our three core organizations (UNISDR secretariat, UNDP and OCHA) work together to support the implementation of the HFA, offering advice and guidance to governments, national institutions and UN entities. At all levels, CADRI advocates to ensure that capacity development elements are integrated into DRR strategies (Areas we work in).

More about the HFA

For more information about the HFA, please go to: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/

For more information about DRR terminology, see http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=11586

You can download a pdf of the Hyogo Framework for Action from: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=8720

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.

capacity

Combination of strengths and resources within a community, society or organization that can be used to achieve agreed social and economic goals.

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.

HFA

In 2005, 168 governments approved this 10-year strategy to integrate DRR into the development programmes of individual nations. Go to http://www.cadri.net/en/areas-we-work/hyogo-framework-action.

OCHA

[Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]

Working from more than 30 regional and field offices, UNOCHA ensures response to disaster is effective and efficient, and works to reduce duplication and gaps. See http://ochaonline.un.org/.

UNDP

UN global development network: UNDP advocates for change and connects countries to resources to help their people build better lives. See http://www.undp.org/.

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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