United Nations Human Settlements Program, Disaster Mitigation Office

UN-HABITAT
Iran, Islamic Rep of
UN & International Organizations

Mission

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) Disaster Mitigation Office was established in April 2007 with an Agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and UN-HABITAT signed by Executive Director of UN-HABITAT and the Iranian Minister for Housing and Urban Development. UN-HABITAT Disaster Mitigation Office in Tehran is focusing on disaster mitigation, capacity-building in the area of earthquake resistant housing, link to disaster mitigation with sustainable relief and reconstruction and dissemination of earthquake resistant technologies within the region.

Disaster Reduction Goal

The primary responsibilities of the office pursuant to the mandate of the UN-HABITAT related to the sustainable human settlements development and disaster risk reduction are:

Increase the possibilities for the interested member states to provide development resources and contribute towards capacity enhancement in earthquake resistant construction through technical and financial means.

Promote participation of the experts, scientists and urban managers in UN-HABITAT activities and more specifically in the field of earthquake resistant construction.

And to promote UN-HABITAT mandated activities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

DRR activities
Policies and Programmes in DRR

In the frame the above mentioned objectives the office has initiated a 5 year period work plan by dividing the objectives into 4 main Components:
Component A: Workshops, seminars and sustainable urban development
Component B: Project management and model cities
Component C: Seismic risk mitigation for public facilities and housing
Component D: Enforcement of building codes

Membership in Key Networks

DRR, UN, Mitigation, Vulnerability, Assessment, Human settlements, housing and urban profiles..

Disaster Reduction Focal Point(s)

Alireza Esmaeilzadeh,
Mehmet Emin Akdogan

Websites

www.unhabitat.org

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Philippines: Post Haiyan shelter projects wraps with 660 families getting resilient houses and households strengthened against disaster - UN-HABITAT
Targets have been exceeded with 28 communities served, 660 houses built, 54 community improvements done, and over 4,500 households equipped with disaster risk reduction know-how. But the major takeaway from the project is the full demonstration of how recovery and building resilience thrive best as a shared endeavour—with the communities and families themselves driving the process...

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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.

Contact information

http://www.unhabitat.org.ir
[email protected]