This global tool will be soon completed by two other modules and expanded to cover all seven Sendai Framework targets including target (f) on enhanced international cooperation and target (g) on increased availability of multi-hazard early warning systems.

“We expect to add a new module next May that will include the national defined targets and another one in October, that will allow countries to do their own analytics,” said Julio Serge.

Separate systems will also incorporate the monitoring of the 700 voluntary commitments made by stakeholders at the 2015 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan; the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities; and the UN Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience.

31 March is the deadline for countries to report on this initial round for 2017 and the results will feed into the first progress report on SDGs report to be presented at the High Level Political Forum in July in New York.    

Some 40 government representatives attended the training session today in Geneva at the Palais des Nations. Other trainings are now planned all over the world to better inform governments on how to use the on-line tool.

Date:

8 Mar 2018

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

Themes:

Capacity Development, Advocacy & Media

Regions:

Africa, Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania