Disaster Risk Reduction in the United Nations - unisdr

Disaster Risk Reduction in the United Nations
Vienna (where UNOOSA is located), the programme also has an office in
Bonn, Germany and will also have an office in Beijing, China. Additionally,
Algeria, the I.R. Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Romania, South Africa, Ukraine and the
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) are setting up UN-SPIDER Regional
Support Offices.
Memberships in key networks
International Charter Space and Major Disasters (Cooperating Body)
United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG) Co-Chair
2009-2010
Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities (Secretariat and
Coordination)
GEO – Group on Earth Observations
National counterpart
Space agencies and institutions using space-based information and
solutions.
National Focal Points (NFPs) nominated by their respective government for
UN-SPIDER are being established in Members States to strengthen national
disaster management planning and policies and the implementation
of specific national activities that incorporate space-based technology
solutions to support disaster management.
Areas of work (to correspond with HFA priority areas 1-5)
HFA Priority for Action 1
Making disaster risk reduction a policy priority, institutional strengthening
The UN-SPIDER Programme supports the establishment of national disaster
management planning and policies by:
• Contributing, at the request of the relevant national focal points, to the
definition of disaster management planning and policies with regard to
the use of space-based technologies.
Roles, mandates and areas of work of key UN entities 73
UNOOSA