Project Info

Project Code
1011I
Tranche
T07
Tranche Type
Regular
Status
Closed
Title
Improving Disaster Risk Preparedness in the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Region

Entities

Implementing Entity (Lead)
ESCAP

Financial and Evaluation Info

Total Budget
$621,900.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No

Countries and Regions

Areas of Work

Thematic Clusters
Social Development

Objective and Expected Outcomes

Objective
To strengthen government capacities in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) through the use of standardized statistical and geographic information tools for the implementation of disaster risk preparedness, and timely early recovery efforts in the Asia-Pacific region
Expected Outcome 1
Governments have the capacity to establish and use a geo-referenced information platform for disaster risk reduction and management, including risk identification, preparedness, response planning, post-disaster assessment and recovery planning
Expected Outcome 2
Communities of practice for spatial data infrastructure, statistics and ICT applications are linked into a regional-level network supportive of disaster risk identification, preparedness and related information sharing and analysis