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Annexesa2South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Kathmandu, NepalSAARC was established when its Charter was formally adopted on 8 December, 1985 by the Heads of State or Government ofBangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAARC provides a platform for the peoples of South Asiato work together in a spirit of friendship, trust and understanding. It aims to accelerate the process of economic and social developmentin Member States. http://www.saarc-sec.org/South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), FijiIts mission is to improve the well being of the peoples of Pacific Island developing states through the application of geoscience to themanagement and sustainable development of their non-living resources. SOPAC member countries include: Australia, CookIslands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia (Associate), Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia(Associate), Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.www.sopac.org.fj/Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), Gaborone, BotswanaThe primary role of SADC is to help define regional priorities, facilitate integration, assist in mobilizing resources and to maximizethe regional impact of projects. The approach is to address national priorities through regional action. The SADC Programme ofAction is made up of all the programmes and projects approved by the Council of Ministers. www.sadc.int http://www.sadcreview.com/- SADC Food and Natural Resources Coordination Unit (See FANR)- SADC Environmental and Land Management Coordination United NationsThe SADC Environment and Land Management Sector (ELMS) has been given the responsibility to catalyse the transitiontowards environmentally sustainable development within the SADC countries. Thus the overall objective of the sector, like itsmandate, is long term and conforms to the SADC Treaty “to achieve sustainable utilisation of natural resources and effective protectionof the environment.”http://www.sadcreview.com/sectoral%20reports%202001/environmentandland.htm- SADC Water Resources Coordination UnitIn view of the importance of the role that water plays in ensuring the well-being of the peoples of SADC, a distinct Water Sectorwas established by the community in 1996. The day-to-day oordination activities of the sector are undertaken by a dedicated unitknown as the SADC Water Sector Coordinating Unit (SADC WSCU), located in the Ministry of Natural Resources, in Lesotho.The vision of the SADC Water Sector is, “to attain the sustainable, integrated planning, development, utilisation and managementof water resources that contribute to the attainment of SADC’s overall objectives of an integrated regional economy on the basis ofbalance, equity and mutual benefit for all member States”. http://www.sadcwscu.org.ls/Southern Alliance for Indigenous Resources (SAFIRE), Harare, ZimbabweSAFIRE was founded in October 1994 and since then it has steadily evolved to become one of the larger environmental NGOs inSouthern Africa, and is associated particularly with natural products development, forestry related issues in communal lands, andwith participatory approaches to community based natural resource management. http://www.safireweb.org/Southern African Research and Documentation Center (SARDC), Harare, ZimbabweSARDC’s objective is to improve the base of knowledge about economic, political, cultural and social developments, and their implications,by making information accessible to governments and policy makers, non-governmental organizations, the private sector,regional and international organizations, development agencies, parliaments, and the media. http://www.sardc.net/Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) AgreementThe Treaty establishes a Common Market between the Argentine Republic,. the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguayand the Eastern Republic of Uruguay. http://www.sice.oas.org/trade/mrcsr/mrcsrtoc.aspSustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS), New Delhi, IndiaSEEDS, a non-profit voluntary organization, is a collective endeavor of young professionals drawn from development related fields. Itoriginated as an informal group of like-minded people, getting together for the purpose of creative research projects of academic interest.The group was later formalized in early 1994 and has been active in the field ever since. It is involved in research activities in communitydevelopment, disaster management, environmental planning, transport planning, and urban and regional planning. Activities are carriedout on behalf of government, semi-government and international development agencies. Independent programs on vital issues are alsotaken up. http://www.gdrc.org/uem/seeds.htmlSwedish International Development Agency (SIDA)SIDA creates the preconditions for change and sustainable development. http://www.sida.org/361
a2Living with Risk: A global review of disaster reduction initiativesSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), (Agencia Suiza para el desarrollo y la cooperacion (COSUDE))SDC is part of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Its mandate is based on the Federal Law on InternationalDevelopment Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid enacted on 19 March 1976, and on a federal decree of 24 March 1995 oncooperation with the countries of Eastern Europe. In order to make the greatest contribution, SDC concentrates its long-termefforts on cooperating in development in specific sectors and with a limited number of countries in Africa, Asia, Latin Americaand Eastern Europe. In Latin America, the Swiss Cooperation has chosen to focus its efforts on Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador andCentral America, particularly Nicaragua. http://www.eda.admin.ch/lima_emb/s/home/devcop.htmlhttp://194.230.65.134/dezaweb2/frame_ie.asp?bgstyle=bg_homepageSwiss Reinsurance Company (SwissRE), Zurich, SwitzerlandSwiss Re - the global reinsurer: With more than 70 offices in 30 countries. The Financial Services Business Group brings togetherworld-class capital management expertise and risk-taking capabilities. Swiss Re’s success in business is attributable to two factors: intelligentrisk management and, at its heart, an in-depth analysis of the nature of risk. The product of the first is a contract; the product ofthe second is published work (top topics, Sigma). http://www.swissre.com/tTechnicon, University of Technology, Free State, South AfricaThe research mission of the Technikon Free State, a South African university of technology is in line with the higher education missionof teaching, research and community service: To advance, transfer and sustain knowledge and understanding, through theconduct of career teaching, research and scholarship, as well as community capacity building and services, at the highest internationalstandards, for the benefit of national and international communities and that of the Free State Province in particular.http://www.tofs.ac.za/index.aspThird World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), ItalyThe Third World Academy of Sciences is an autonomous international organization, founded in Trieste, Italy, in 1983 by a distinguishedgroup of scientists under the leadership of the late Nobel laureate Abdus Salam of Pakistan. It was officially launched bythe then Secretary General of the United Nations in 1985. Since 1986, TWAS has been supporting research work of scientific meritin 100 countries in the South through a variety of programmes. In addition, joint activities have been developed with UNESCO,the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), ICSU, the International Foundation for Science (IFS) andthe International Science Programme (ISP).Tropical Cyclone Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs), World MeteorologicalOrganization (WMO)RSMCS is a network of five centres designated by WMO as Tropical Cyclone Regional SpecializedMeteorological Centres (RSMCs) and located in:La Réunion, www.meteor,fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/trajGP/data/home_trajGPMiami , www.nhc.noaa.gov/productsNadi (Fiji), www.met.gov.fj/advisoriesNew Delhi , www.imd.ernet.in/services/cyclone/cyclone-warning-servicesTokyo, http://ddb.kishou.go.jp/typhoon/cyclone/cyclone.htmland six specialized tropical cyclone warning centres with regional responsibility to carry outactivities coordinated at the global and regional levels by WMO through its World Weather Watch andTropical Cyclone Programmes. They are located in:Brisbane, www.bomgov.au/weather/qld/cycloneDarwin, www.bom.gov.au/weather/nt/inside/cyclone/cyclone.shtmlPerth, www.bom.gov.au/weather/waWellington, www.metservice.co.nz/forecasts/high_seas.aspPort Moresby,and Honolulu, www.nws.noaa.gob/pr/hnl/cphc/pages/cphc.htmlTurkana Drought Contingency Planning Unit (TDCPU), KenyaThe Early Warning System of Turkana was set up in 1987. It operates at the sub-national level, for the district of Turkana in the northernpart of Kenya. It is run by local government, by the TDCPU. It provides information on how early warning data can be translatedand communicated to decision makers.uUganda’s Seismic Safety Association (USSA)In 1997, following the WSSI High Level Meeting in Kampala, the Uganda Seismic Safety Association was formed.USSA is anon-profit professional organization some of whose members are affiliated to the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers,International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Government Ministries, NGOs, insurance industry, communityleaders, and members from the general public.Ukuvuka – Operation Firestop, South AfricaOperating within the scope of the authority of the local municipal authorities and the Cape Peninsula National Park, the UkuvukaCampaign intends to accomplish the work identified by a public awareness campaign, through management support, funding, communication,monitoring and facilitation. http://www.ukuvuka.org.za/362
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