UNISDR’s support team for the Sendai Monitoring process is based in Bonn and is facilitating the process to ensure reporting on disaster losses for 2017 is completed by March 31, 2018 to inform reporting on implementation of the SDGs at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in July which will focus on “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies.”
The Sendai Framework targets and indicators are also being used to measure progress on three critical SDGs: Goal 1, end poverty in all its forms everywhere; Goal 11, make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, and Goal 13, take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Mr. Ricardo Mena, head of UNISDR’s Sendai Framework Monitoring Branch, said: “We have general agreement now that the first full two year reporting cycle for 2015-2016 will be completed by October next year. This will provide us with an important benchmark against which to measure future progress and important content for the 2019 edition of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction which will be a key ingredient in the discussions at the 2019 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction which will be held in Geneva.”
During the three-day technical workshop which launched the Sendai Framework Monitoring Process, participants learned about the Sendai Framework Monitor System including its data entry, analytical capabilities and levels of application at local, national, regional and global level. A number of countries also presented their progress to date in implementing the Sendai Framework.
Mr. Mohamed Zuhair, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence and National Security, Maldives, said: “This workshop was a great opportunity to learn all the technical details about the Sendai Framework Monitor. Disaster risk reduction is a high priority for my country and having shared indicators with Sendai Framework and the SDGs will make our task much easier by reducing the reporting burden.”
Date:
8 Dec 2017
Sources:
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)