Disaster Risk Reduction in the United Nations - unisdr

Disaster Risk Reduction in the United Nations
in order to (i) support stakeholders for quick recovery in the aftermath
of disasters focusing on employment creation, (ii) introduce policies and
programmes focusing on preparedness and planning for livelihood recovery,
and (iii) implement active measures for reducing livelihood vulnerabilities
and risks, in disaster-prone areas.
By mobilizing relevant actors for reconstruction, crises can open a window of
opportunity to promote decent work for a better future. The “ILO Declaration
on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization” adopted by the International
Labour Conference in 2008 institutionalizes the Decent Work concept
developed by the ILO since 1999. The “Global Employment Agenda” is one
of the instruments for the implementation of the Social Justice Declaration.
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) approved a Ministerial
Declaration encouraging the UN system to develop a toolkit to promote
decent work. Since then ILO has worked closely with other agencies through
the Chief Executives Board (CEB) chaired by the UN Secretary General. The
final product, the CEB Toolkit for Mainstreaming Employment and Decent
Work, is designed to help organizations, throughout the multilateral system,
assess and improve employment and decent work outcomes of their own
policies, programmes and activities.
“Decent Work Country Programmes” (DWCP), adopted by Governments as
a component of the UNDAF and PRSP, constitute the country frameworks
for ILO’s pre-disaster risk reduction interventions and post-disaster recovery.
Within this framework, ILO promotes the participation of its constituents
in implementing targeted decent employment recovery and development
policies and orienting livelihood risk reduction programs.
In disaster recovery scenarios, ILO works actively with the UN and other
multilateral agencies to develop policies and programmes that support the
creation of decent employment opportunities as a central plank of efforts
to reduce and eradicate poverty, thus helping affected populations avoid
becoming dependent on relief aid and fall into a vicious circle of poverty
aggravated by shocks and crises. Concurrently, ILO seeks to advocate
and raise awareness among disaster actors to place decent employment
concerns and local economic recovery strategies at the forefront of national
and international efforts in promoting disaster risk management. It focuses
on employment and vulnerable livelihoods through a variety of policies and
programmes:
• Support to Employment Policies and Social Dialogue
8 Roles, mandates and areas of work of key UN entities