Donors from the Global Facility forDisaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) began their three-day visit toVietnam on October 5 to look into the country’s preparedness to copewith natural disasters.
The donors from the GFDRR representing Finland, France, Japan,Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the EuropeanCommission, UNISDR, and the World Bank will meet with representativesfrom government agencies to discuss the impact of recent disasters inthe region and ways to further support government initiatives onsustainable recovery and long-term reconstruction, the World Bank saidin its press release on Oct. 5.
With the support of GFDRR, a strategy is being implemented in Asia ,focusing on supporting country-led disaster risk management programmesand investments.
The GFDRR is actively engaging local authorities in strengthening itsinstitutions for disaster risk management, introducing climate changeand disaster resiliency in development planning, putting in placesustainable emergency preparedness, response and recovery, anddeveloping adequate tools for catastrophe risk financing.
With GFDRR’s grant of about 1 million USD, the World Bank is workingwith the Vietnamese Government to integrate disaster risk reductioninto ongoing development initiatives in the northern mountainous region.
The grant also covers improved drainage models for low-lying coastalcities, providing city managers with a tool to assess and improve theircities’ disaster preparedness, increasing communities’ awareness of andresilience to natural hazards, and providing an overview of currenttools to finance disaster losses.
With GFDRR support, a consortium of government agencies, donors, andnon-governmental organisations working in the field of disaster riskmanagement have been involved in a communications programme onCommunity Based Disaster Risk Mitigation (CBDRM).
This helped encourage the Government to approve a new programme oncommunity-based disaster risk management in July 2009. Accordingly, theGovernment’s new CBDRM programme is expected to reach over 10,000communes nation-wide over the next decade.
The GFDRR is a partnership of 18 countries and three internationalorganisations committed to helping disaster-prone developing countriesand regions reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and adapt toclimate change.
The GFDRR promotes technical and financial assistance to low- andmiddle-income countries at high risk, based on a business model ofsupport to mainstream disaster risk reduction in national developmentstrategies and investments in anticipation of upcoming events, as wellas disaster assistance after an event has occurred to ensuresustainable recovery.
GFDRR promotes global knowledge and good practices, supportsinitiatives for enhanced global and regional cooperation and promotesgreater South-South cooperation in disaster risk reduction./.
The donors from the GFDRR representing Finland, France, Japan,Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the EuropeanCommission, UNISDR, and the World Bank will meet with representativesfrom government agencies to discuss the impact of recent disasters inthe region and ways to further support government initiatives onsustainable recovery and long-term reconstruction, the World Bank saidin its press release on Oct. 5.
With the support of GFDRR, a strategy is being implemented in Asia ,focusing on supporting country-led disaster risk management programmesand investments.
The GFDRR is actively engaging local authorities in strengthening itsinstitutions for disaster risk management, introducing climate changeand disaster resiliency in development planning, putting in placesustainable emergency preparedness, response and recovery, anddeveloping adequate tools for catastrophe risk financing.
With GFDRR’s grant of about 1 million USD, the World Bank is workingwith the Vietnamese Government to integrate disaster risk reductioninto ongoing development initiatives in the northern mountainous region.
The grant also covers improved drainage models for low-lying coastalcities, providing city managers with a tool to assess and improve theircities’ disaster preparedness, increasing communities’ awareness of andresilience to natural hazards, and providing an overview of currenttools to finance disaster losses.
With GFDRR support, a consortium of government agencies, donors, andnon-governmental organisations working in the field of disaster riskmanagement have been involved in a communications programme onCommunity Based Disaster Risk Mitigation (CBDRM).
This helped encourage the Government to approve a new programme oncommunity-based disaster risk management in July 2009. Accordingly, theGovernment’s new CBDRM programme is expected to reach over 10,000communes nation-wide over the next decade.
The GFDRR is a partnership of 18 countries and three internationalorganisations committed to helping disaster-prone developing countriesand regions reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and adapt toclimate change.
The GFDRR promotes technical and financial assistance to low- andmiddle-income countries at high risk, based on a business model ofsupport to mainstream disaster risk reduction in national developmentstrategies and investments in anticipation of upcoming events, as wellas disaster assistance after an event has occurred to ensuresustainable recovery.
GFDRR promotes global knowledge and good practices, supportsinitiatives for enhanced global and regional cooperation and promotesgreater South-South cooperation in disaster risk reduction./.
