1. UNDP Crisis Prevention and Recovery Rajesh Sharma Regional Programme Specialist UNDP Regional Centre Bangkok Meeting of the ISDR Asia Partnership Bangkok, 24-26 March 2010

2. Presentation outline UNDP support to disaster risk reduction Key achievements from the Regional Programme Meeting of the ISDR Asia Partnership Bangkok, 24-26 March 2010 2

3. 3 UNDP support to DRR - Development and implementation of multi-year national capacity building programmes - Technical support to countries - Research in support of new methodologies and tools - Development and implementation of new tools and methodologies - Studies on institutional and legislative systems

4. 4 UNDP support to DRR (2) - Support to development of reconstruction and recovery guidelines - Developing and sharing knowledge products - Documentation of lessons learned - Maintain ‘Surge’ capacity - Support to inter-governmental processes guiding DRR - Community of Practice “DRM-Asia”

5. Regional Programme Regional Programme on Capacity Building for Sustainable Recovery and Risk Reduction (since Nov 2005) -Strengthened the INFORMATION Management Capacity -Facilitated TRAINING and LEARNING for recovery and risk reduction -Promoted coherent EWS - Methodology for Risk Assessment Meeting of the ISDR Asia Partnership Bangkok, 24-26 March 2010 5

6. Meeting of the ISDR Asia Partnership Bangkok, 24-26 March 2010 6 Building Risk Knowledge and Application –National Loss Data Bases are established and analysis informed the Global Assessment Report 2009 (Extensive Risk and Poverty) –Risk Assessment processes are supported in Sri Lanka, Maldives and Tamil Nadu in India –Tsunami Risk Assessment and Mitigation Guidelines are adopted by 28 member states of the ICG-IOTWS –Improved monitoring system- disaster risks and poverty Key Achievements

7. Meeting of the ISDR Asia Partnership Bangkok, 24-26 March 2010 7 Key Achievements Coherent and Effective End to End EWS –Standard Operating Procedures in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Maldives –A Regional Standard Operating Procedure developed and tested during the IO Wave Exercise 09 –Completion of Studies on Institutional and Legislative Systems for EWS in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand

8. Meeting of the ISDR Asia Partnership Bangkok, 24-26 March 2010 8 Key Achievements Capacity Development for National Institutions and National Platforms –Countries able to meet their international commitment for HFA review and reporting –Countries acutely aware of capacity gaps in Risk management Stakeholders in Indonesia established PLANAS Stakeholders in Indonesia completed a Capacity Assessment Process Stakeholders in the Philippines on a CA process- Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction

9. Meeting of the ISDR Asia Partnership Bangkok, 24-26 March 2010 9 Key Achievements Knowledge Products - Studies on Institutional and Legislative Systems for EWS in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand - Tsunami Risk Assessment and Mitigation Guidelines - The Tsunami Legacy: Innovation, Breakthroughs and Change - Asia Report/ Country Reports on Disaster-Poverty Analysis - Methodology for Establishing National Disaster Loss Data base - Methodology for Analyzing Disaster Risk and Poverty - Adaptation of UNDP Capacity Assessment methodology for DRM

10. Meeting of the ISDR Asia Partnership Bangkok, 24-26 March 2010 10 Regional Center Bangkok rajesh.sharma@undp.org UNDP is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life