During the workshop, the officials worked together across countries to share experience and contribute to draft DRR action plans for Algeria, Kuwait, Lebanon and Sudan. 

Target E calls for an increase in the number of countries with both national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020 - a target shared with indicators for Sustainable Development Goal 1 aimed at ending poverty, Goal 11 on sustainable cities and communities, and Goal 13 on addressing climate change. 

At a similar in-country workshop held in July in Kabul, a draft Afghanistan national action plan took shape and opportunities for enhanced collaboration across ministries and cooperation with partners were identified. The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) committed to continue developing an action plan and to update the national Road Map and develop a national strategy ahead of the 2020 deadline. 

Deputy Minister M. Q. Haidari, who is the Sendai Framework focal point for Afghanistan, was invited together with his adviser and the UN-Habitat Afghanistan Project for City Resilience officers to share the country’s recent experience. 

He said: “This workshop has given ANDMA an opportunity to share our National Action Plan with the countries of the Arab States region following the recent training of trainers programme conducted in Kabul…We expect that our fast track approach to developing our DRR Action Plan would provide a model for various countries in the region.”

Date:

23 Aug 2018

Sources:

UNISDR Office for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction at Incheon (UNISDR ONEA-GETI)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States (UNISDR ROAS)

Themes:

Capacity Development, Risk Identification & Assessment, Disaster Risk Management

Countries:

Afghanistan

Regions:

Africa, Asia