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Mission

EC embodies and upholds the general interest of the Union and is the driving force in the Union's institutional system. Its four main roles are to propose legislation to Parliament and the Council, to administer and implement Community policies, to enforce Community law (jointly with the Court of Justice) and to negotiate international agreements, mainly those relating to trade and cooperation.

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Meetings and conferences
Hue City
25 August 2010 - 27 August 2010
In person
Asian symphosium on disaster impact and assessment in Asia
Overview Critical to effective response and recovery in the post disaster phase, scrupulous studies in the area of disasters have become an urgent demand. Asia remains the focus in the symposium, for it lies in an extremely hazardous zone of the earth
Overview
Documents and publications
28 December 2009
Invest today for safer tomorrow: issue 1, July-September 2009

This document is the first issue of a quarterly information bulletin that covers progress in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in five countries of Central Asia. It also provides information related to disaster risk reduction (DRR

European Commission
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for Central Asia (historical record)
This document is the first issue of a quarterly information bulletin that covers progress in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in five countries of Central Asia.
Documents and publications
24 July 2009
From early warning to early action? The debate on the enhancement of the EU's crisis response capability continues

This new book is a collection of writing illustrating the progress made in the area of crisis response and preparedness in action with input from policy experts and practitioners in the field. It builds on the range of views aired at the Commission's

European Commission
This new book is a collection of writing illustrating the progress made in the area of crisis response and preparedness in action with input from policy experts and practitioners in the field.
Documents and publications
6 July 2009
Handbook on good building design and construction in the Philippines

This handbook was made to provide simple information to home owners, designers and builders, and building monitors to teach principles of good design and good construction in a natural hazard prone area. Thoroughly studied, they will also guide on whether

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
European Commission
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
This handbook was made to provide simple information to home owners, designers and builders, and building monitors to teach principles of good design and good construction in a natural hazard prone area.
Documents and publications
15 April 2009
Estimating the recurrence interval and behavior of tsunamis in the Indian Ocean via a survey of tsunami-related sedimentation

This symposium report focuses on mitigation strategies for tsunami disasters, tsunami warning systems and historical and pre-historical tsunamis associated with earthquakes in the Indian Ocean. The results of the project, upon which this symposium was

National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention
European Commission
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
This symposium report focuses on mitigation strategies for tsunami disasters, tsunami warning systems and historical and pre-historical tsunamis associated with earthquakes in the Indian Ocean.
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
7 August 2008
Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh: damage, loss and needs assessment for disaster recovery and reconstruction, draft executive summary, March 2008

The aim of the assessment is to identify priority areas to support the Government of Bangladesh in cyclone recovery efforts as well as to design a disaster management strategy.

Bangladesh - government
World Bank, the
European Commission
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Japan Bank For International Cooperation
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Islamic Development Bank
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
World Food Programme (WFP)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Department for International Development
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
The aim of the assessment is to identify priority areas to support the Government of Bangladesh in cyclone recovery efforts as well as to design a disaster management strategy.
Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh: Damage, loss, and needs assessment for disaster recovery and reconstruction
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
30 April 2008
Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh: Damage, loss, and needs assessment for disaster recovery and reconstruction

This document identifies the needs and quantified financial requirements that will facilitate formulating comprehensive early recovery actions, medium‐term recovery and reconstruction plans, and a long‐term risk management and reduction strategy.

Bangladesh - government
World Bank, the
European Commission
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Japan Bank For International Cooperation
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Islamic Development Bank
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
World Food Programme (WFP)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Department for International Development
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
This document identifies the needs and quantified financial requirements that will facilitate formulating comprehensive early recovery actions, medium‐term recovery and reconstruction plans, and a long‐term risk management and reduction strategy.
Meetings and conferences
London
8 October 2007 - 10 October 2007
In person
International disaster and emergency resilience 2007
The 8th Annual IDER (International Disaster and Emergency Resilience) Conference will take place in the City of London this October. The three-day event running from 8th to 10th Oct has been kindly sponsored by Deutsche Bank and will take place in their
The 8th Annual IDER (International Disaster and Emergency Resilience) Conference will take place in the City of London this October.

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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