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UNISDR
Strategic Framework
2016-2021UNISDR
Strategic Framework
2016-2021Strategic Framework 2016-2021 Strategic Framework 2016-2021
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The path ahead: UNISDR in 2016 – 2021 The United Nations system, through the UN Plan of
THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR DISASTER RISK Action for Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience:
REDUCTION: A THEORY OF CHANGE The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Towards a Risk-informed and Integrated Approach
2015 – 2030 marks a crucial shift from managing to Sustainable Development, is committed to
disasters to managing and reducing risk and strengthening coherence in its approaches and
establishes resilience-building as a common efforts in disaster risk reduction. UNISDR supports
Introduction cannot be sustained and that the risks of denominator of the 2030 Agenda. To paraphrase its UN partners as well as regional organisations,
humanitarian crises and disasters have to be the UN Secretary-General, the 2030 Agenda for development banks and relevant multilateral
The UNISDR Strategic Framework is underpinned reduced significantly. UNISDR recognises that Sustainable Development started in Sendai. institutions in making all programming disaster
by a theory of change in which the reduction behavioural change of society as a whole is risk-informed. The Sendai Framework provides
of disaster risk is essential to sustainable required to substantially reduce disaster losses. Countries have committed to give sharper focus UNISDR with a pivotal role in aligning national
development, and where a risk-informed It therefore directly supports governments and to their efforts to reduce disaster risk by setting implementation and monitoring, and regional
development path is key to the successful acts as a convener and catalyst for action by a priorities for action and specific targets that are and global review of progress across relevant
management of disaster risks. wide range of stakeholders, including the United codified in the Sendai Framework. Understanding international frameworks. This is the first time
Nations system and regional organisations, disaster risk, strengthening disaster risk that the international community will be able to
Disasters are exacting a huge toll with hundreds major groups, civil society and the private sector, governance, investing in resilience, and enhancing review global progress in disaster risk reduction
of thousands of lives and US$1.5 trillion lost in parliamentarians and key decision-makers, and disaster preparedness for effective response and in a systematic way, one that is linked to progress
the last decade alone. Economic losses from the science and technology community. to build back better are the four priorities for in sustainable development, and UNISDR is the
disasters are now averaging US$250 billion to 300 action for countries in pursuance of the Sendai central facilitator and clearing house for this
billion each year1. This trend is set to continue as International agreements on disaster risk Framework’s outcome and goal. The progress that process.
exposure in hazard-prone countries grows more reduction, sustainable development, financing countries make in these areas will be measured
rapidly than vulnerability is reduced. Economic for development, and climate change mitigation against the seven global targets: The next five years are critical. The Sendai
development, the rapid pace of urbanisation and adaptation present a unique opportunity for Framework outlines a set of essential outputs by
and population growth concentrate people and increased coherence and global impact. For the substantially reducing: (a) the loss of lives, 2021. These determine the strategic direction for
economic activity in hazard-prone areas. With first time, this set of interconnected agreements (b) numbers of affected people, (c) economic UNISDR in the coming years. They include:
climate change, environmental degradation and has the potential to catalyse international loss, and (d) damage to critical infrastructure;
rising inequality, successfully managing disaster development that is sensitive to trade-offs and • Support to the intergovernmental work
risk in these areas will be a determining factor of between economic, social and environmental of countries, including on finalising the
prosperity and sustainability. priorities, recognises the critical role of gender increasing and improving: (e) national and terminology for disaster risk reduction and the
equality and mainstreaming, and reflects an local strategies with specific targets and indicators for the global targets.
Disaster risk is part of the DNA of social and understanding of climate and disaster risk. Today, indicators, (f) international cooperation,
economic development, rooted in poverty and the international community, including the public and (g) access to early warning and risk • Support to countries in implementing the
inequality, evolving over time. Consequently, and private sector, has a unique opportunity to assessment. Sendai Framework, including development of
managing disaster risks cannot be separated change the way that development is understood, national and local strategies and plans with
from the broader governance of social and implemented and measured. Furthermore, major changes in attitudes and concrete targets and indicators, aligned with
economic development. Successful disaster risk behaviours towards disaster risk reduction, plans on sustainable development and climate
governance relies on accountable institutions, which began in the aftermath of the Indian change.
appropriately resourced local governments, Ocean Tsunami of 2004, are now reflected and
functional judicial systems, and low levels of further elaborated in all the recent international • Development of baselines for the global
poverty and social inequality. agreements (SAMOA Pathway, Sendai Framework targets of the Sendai Framework, requiring
for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, global coverage of the development and
The international humanitarian system is also Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for improvement of national disaster loss
under increasing strain with unprecedented development, the Transforming our World: 2030 databases with as much disaggregation as
humanitarian needs in many regions of the Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris feasible of data by sex, age and ability.
world. It has become clear that current and Agreement on climate change and the New Urban
expected future levels of assistance required Agenda). In the Sustainable Development Goals • Analysis of disaster risks and good practice in
(SDGs) in particular, disaster risk reduction and the context of sustainable development and
resilience are reflected in 25 targets and in 10 of climate change through Global Assessment
1. UNISDR. 2015. Global Assessment Report on Disaster the 17 goals. Reports on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR),
Risk Reduction Making Development Sustainable: the future of
disaster risk management. Geneva, Switzerland: UNISDR.Strategic Framework 2016-2021 Strategic Framework 2016-2021
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Global and Regional Platforms for Disaster for Action, from 2005 to 2015. These include • an all-of-society engagement and partnership, knowledge and evidence generation and
Risk Reduction, and partnerships and the successful establishment and leadership guided by the principle that governments, application for improved policy and practice,
advocacy in strategic areas. of regional and global coordinating and review parliamentarians, civil society and community which forms the backbone and underlying
mechanisms for disaster risk reduction; ongoing groups, international organisations, the rationale of UNISDR’s engagement across
• Review of progress against the Sendai support to countries, intergovernmental processes, private sector, members of the science its Strategic Objectives: supporting countries
Framework, including guidance for future and key stakeholders, by providing relevant risk and technology community, and other key in generating risk data and information, and
course corrections, reviews of the UN Plan information, decision-making support tools and stakeholders jointly engage in disaster risk regular monitoring and reporting on disaster
of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for policy guidance; catalysing multi-stakeholder reduction and act as important contributors to loss, risk and risk reduction practice, create
Resilience and international development engagement in disaster risk reduction, including understanding risk and as advocates for risk- the basis for analysis and evidence. Through a
assistance flows. the private sector, parliamentarians and civil informed development. positive feedback loop, this evidence informs
society; fostering gender-sensitive disaster risk global and regional processes in disaster risk
• Major stock-taking exercise of reduction; and effective global advocacy. • a continued commitment to making disaster reduction, such as the Global and Regional
implementation of the Sendai Framework, risk reduction gender- and age- sensitive and Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPs and
including assessing the achievement of The desired impact and long-term objective inclusive of all stakeholders, including persons RPs), which in turn inform national practice. It
Target E on national and local disaster risk of UNISDR’s work is the prevention of new with disabilities. also is the basis for coherence with international
reduction strategies. and reduction of existing disaster risk and processes on sustainable development and
strengthening resilience, corresponding with the UNISDR commits to enabling and fostering these climate change, in particular the Sustainable
goal of the Sendai Framework. conditions through three Strategic Objectives, Development Goals and the Paris Agreement
which guide its work from 2016 through to on climate change. Importantly, the analysis
UNISDR’s mandate and vision A number of conditions will need to be created 2021. At the heart of this is its mandate to and evidence feeds directly back into improved
and sustained in order to achieve this, including review progress against the Sendai Framework. national implementation in the form of accessible
UNISDR is the focal point in the United Nations Monitoring and reporting progress in disaster risk knowledge, tools and capacity building.
system, coordinating disaster risk reduction • an engaged and active international risk reduction creates a virtuous cycle of
and ensuring synergies among the relevant community – including governments and key
activities of United Nations agencies and policy makers, the UN system and international
regional organisations, and related activities and regional organisations, international and
in socio-economic and humanitarian fields. regional development banks, parliamentarians,
UNISDR’s role2 is to support the implementation, the private sector, civil society, and the science
follow-up and review of the Sendai Framework, and technology community – that understands
including by fostering coherence with other and is committed to disaster risk reduction as
international instruments, such as the 2030 a strategic approach to achieve sustainable
Agenda and its SDGs as well as Paris Agreement development;
on climate change. As such, UNISDR champions
and supports the integration of disaster risk • the ability and practice of countries to align
management across different areas of work of their national priorities, strategies and plans
the United Nations and of its Members States as – as well as the related monitoring and review
well as among a broad range of key stakeholders, mechanisms – to relevant international
including the private sector and civil society. frameworks, in particular for disaster risk
reduction, sustainable development and
To carry out its mandate, UNISDR’s vision is climate change adaptation and mitigation;
articulated in line with the Sendai Framework, as
the substantial reduction of disaster losses and • a change in decision-making processes,
risk for a sustainable future. The vision builds on policies and practices of governments,
UNISDR’s significant track record of expertise and private sector and other key actors to make
accomplishments under the Hyogo Framework them truly risk-informed, which implies
access to risk information and knowledge
that is context-specific, appropriate and
accurate;
2. Mandate from the Sendai Framework, as endorsed by the
General Assembly, GA/RES/69/283Strategic Framework 2016-2021 Strategic Framework 2016-2021
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VISION The substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses for a sustainable future
MANDATE Focal point of the United Nations system for disaster risk reduction and the custodian
of the Sendai Framework, supporting countries and societies in its implementation, monitoring and
review of progress
OVERARCHING OBJECTIVE The prevention of new and reduction of existing disaster
risk and strengthening resilience through successful multi-hazard disaster risk management.
1 2 3
Strategic Objectives
SEND Strengthen global Support to regional Catalyse action
AI monitoring, analysis
and coordination of
and national
Sendai Framework
through
Member States and
SENDA FR Sendai Framework
implementation
implementation Partners
IF
A
Knowledge and
M
evidence generation
R
EW E W O R K
Intergovernmental and application 2.1 3.1
AM
processes, SO1 SO2 SO3
1.1 Regional & national
Fostered policy co-
Global Progress of herence by engaging
ORK
partnerships Enabler 1 coordination mech-
the Sendai Framework with member States
SO1 SO2 SO3 & related SDG targets
anisms leveraged to
& contributing to rele-
monitor & accelerate
CREATING A VIRTUOUS assessed vant intergovernmen-
Sendai Framework
CYCLE OF KNOWLEDGE tal processes
AND ACTION ACROSS
UNISDR STRATEGIC
Risk data and information, OBJECTIVES
good practice, policy guidance, 2.2 3.2
tools and capacity building National disaster risk Coordination & advice
SO2 SO3 Monitoring and 1.2 reduction strategies provided to UN System
Results
reporting Global risk data, anal- partners at global level
& plans developed
ysis and policy advice towards effective & effi-
SO2 SO3 in line with Sendai
generated cient Sendai Framework
Framework prescribed
guidance implementation
SD
G PA 3.3
RIS 1.3 2.3 All of society
s AGREEMENT Global coordination
and accountability
mechanisms
Build capacity of
counterparts, UNCTs
and partners for DRR
engagement and
action promoted
trough strengthening
convened leadership partnerships with key
stakeholders
3.4
Partnerships lever-
Enabler 1: aged for increased
Enablers
Effective knowledge management, communication financing for disaster
and global advocacy risk reduction and
risk-sensitive invest-
Enabler 2: ment
Strengthened organizational performanceStrategic Framework 2016-2021 Strategic Framework 2016-2021
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1 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 3 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE
STRENGTHEN GLOBAL MONITORING, ANALYSIS AND COORDINATION CATALYSE ACTION THROUGH MEMBER STATES AND PARTNERS
OF SENDAI FRAMEWORK IMPLEMENTATION
Progress hinges on having an engaged and establishing the global monitoring system and The Sendai Framework calls for all-of-society The main results expected for this strategic
active international disaster risk reduction leads the global review of progress in disaster engagement and partnership as one of its guiding objective are coherence of international and
community, including governments and key risk reduction against the global targets of the principles. This means that governments, civil regional advocacy for disaster risk reduction,
policy makers, the UN system and international Sendai Framework, and ensures alignment with society, international and regional organisations, sustainable development and climate change
and regional organisations, the private sector progress reviews on relevant parts of the 2030 the private sector and other key stakeholders action; strong partnerships for the generation
and civil society, and science and technology Agenda for Sustainable Development, most must jointly engage in disaster risk reduction. and application of risk knowledge and evidence;
actors. UNISDR uses its convening power notably the SDGs. UNISDR is recognised for its strong partnership the on-going provision of inter-governmental
for regional and global coordination to bring experience and network, its promotion of gender support; and active and accountable contribution
this community together on a regular basis to The main results expected under this strategic equality, parity and women’s empowerment in to disaster risk reduction from all stakeholders,
review progress against the Sendai Framework, objective are that global coordination and disaster risk reduction. It will build on this, to including the private sector, civil society and
examine challenges and opportunities in accountability mechanisms are successfully engage and strengthen commitments by members community groups, science and technology
practice and policy, and strengthen coherence delivered and leveraged, on-going inter- of the science and technology community, partners, parliamentarians and key decision-
and cooperation with other international governmental support is provided, and risk civil society and community leaders, including makers.
frameworks, in particular with the Sustainable knowledge and data to measure progress are representatives of minority groups, the private
Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris systematically collected and analysed. sector, parliamentarians and local authorities as In addition, two Enablers support UNISDR’s
Agreement on climate change. UNISDR is catalysts for action and accountability. Partners work across the three Strategic Objectives, the
contribute to understanding and managing risk geographical regions and at all levels:
2 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE
and advocate for risk-informed and accountable
development in important ways.
SUPPORT TO REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SENDAI FRAMEWORK
IMPLEMENTATION
Accurate, appropriate and applicable risk mechanisms) to support the development of
knowledge, including analysis of regional and national and local strategies. UNISDR will also
global risk patterns and trends, and progress coordinate and strengthen overall approaches to
in disaster risk reduction are prerequisites for capacity building.
effective disaster risk management. UNISDR
supports countries in assessing what they are The main results expected under this strategic
currently losing, what they could lose in the objective are that relevant national disaster
future, what drives risk, which disaster risk loss and appropriate disaggregated risk data
management options have proven effective and are generated, and disaster risk knowledge and
which innovations hold potential for building policy guidance are made available for risk-
resilience. informed decision-making; regional coordination
and accountability mechanisms are successfully
UNISDR will continue to make available delivered and leveraged; and that United Nations
relevant risk knowledge and provide policy Country Teams and regional organisations
guidance in support of countries’ planning and actively support countries through risk-sensitive
implementation. Specifically, UNISDR will support United Nations Development Assistance
countries in reviewing data requirements for the Frameworks (UNDAFs)3 and the United Nations
development of national targets, indicators and Plan of Action.
baselines, and provide leadership and coordination
in the United Nations system (through UN
Country Teams and other regional coordination 3. UNDAFs may be replace with UN Sustainable Development
Frameworks in the coming years.Strategic Framework 2016-2021 Strategic Framework 2016-2021 Pages // 12 Pages // 13 1 ENABLER EFFECTIVE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION AND GLOBAL ADVOCACY Effective knowledge brokering lies at the heart of The main results expected for this enabling pillar successful communication and advocacy for disaster of work are that UNISDR achieves major impact risk reduction. UNISDR supports countries and a in knowledge generation and uptake, based on wide range of stakeholders by meeting both the data collection and risk analysis, disaggregated by demand and supply side of risk knowledge. High- gender, age and disability, and is recognised and impact communication and advocacy for disaster respected for its role as knowledge leader, broker risk reduction will be underpinned by investments and convener in disaster risk reduction. In addition, in effective knowledge management within the effective communication and global advocacy organisation, for the UN system and with countries, campaigns ensure stakeholder engagement and key stakeholders and networks. Consequently, consolidate UNISDR’s track-record of excellence UNISDR communicates clearly on disaster risk across the three Strategic Objectives. trends, disaster losses and impacts, highlighting gaps in implementation and show-casing best practice by governments and stakeholders in reducing disaster risk and disaster losses. 2 ENABLER STRENGTHENED ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE Impact of UNSIDR’s work will be increased The main results expected for this enabling pillar through more effective, efficient and quality of work are an appropriate, sustainable and organisational performance and programme predictable financial resource base, and enhanced delivery. A sustainable and predictable resource operational performance based on appropriate base will have to go hand in hand with enhanced gender-sensitive structure and staffing. Both effectiveness, efficiency and coherence of areas will support enhanced performance across operational performance. UNISDR will also the three Strategic Objectives. strengthen its results-based management with concurrent planning, monitoring and evaluation; enhance its human resource management and staff development in line with its commitment to the UN system wide policy on gender equality and women empowerment and significantly improve its resource mobilisation.
Pages // 14 For additional information, please contact: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) 9-11 Rue de Varembé, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland, Tel: +41 22 917 89 08 Note: The designations employed and the presentation of maps in this report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
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