Overview
The UNDRR Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) supports disaster risk reduction efforts across the Asia-Pacific region. ROAP works with governments, United Nations Country Teams, regional and international organizations, and other stakeholder groups, to protect people from disasters, build resilience and support sustainable development.
ROAP covers a total of 39 countries and 13 territories. It is based in Bangkok, Thailand, with a sub-regional office in Suva, Fiji, a liaison office in Kobe, Japan, and an office for North-East Asia in Incheon, Republic of Korea.
COVID-19 Activities
UNDRR Asia-Pacific has initiated a series of activities to enhance prevention, response and recovery efforts on COVID-19. These include:
Webinars
Webinar series that brings together subject matter experts and practitioners on relevant topics. Webinars to date have been:
- Webinar 1: Leave no one Behind in COVID-19 Prevention, Response and Recovery,
- Webinar 2: Reducing COVID-19 Vulnerability Amongst Displaced Populations and Migrants,
- Webinar 3: Combating the dual challenges of climate-related disasters and COVID-19.
- Webinar 4: Business resilience in the face of COVID-19
- Webinar 5: Risk communication to prevent the spread of COVID-19: Countering the ‘Infodemic’
- Webinar 6: Opportunities for Resilient Recovery
- Webinar 7: The Human Rights Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Webinar 8: Disaster-Responsive Social Protection: Lessons from COVID-19
- Thailand-Korea: Preparing To Recover And Moving Towards a 'New Normal'
COVID-19 Briefs
We are also documenting the webinars in the form of COVID-19 Briefs that also provide insights into the response challenges and make policy recommendations:
- Leave no One Behind in COVID-19 Prevention, Response and Recovery.
- Reducing the Vulnerability of Migrants and Displaced Populations.
- Combating the dual challenges of climate-related disasters and COVID-19
- Business Resilience in the Face of COVID-19
- Risk communication and countering the ‘Infodemic’
- Opportunities for Resilient Recovery
- The Human Rights Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Disaster-Responsive Social Protection
Private Sector Toolkit
Many businesses remain without any type of business risk management plan or have plans that have proven inadequate in managing the current pandemic.
UNDRR’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific has developed a package of tools and products to support small business owners during this pandemic.
- COVID-19 Small Business Continuity and Recovery Planning Toolkit, which is available in 11 languages.
- A narrated online training course to orient business owners to the use of the Small Business Continuity and Recovery Planning Toolkit.
- An online Quick Risk Estimation (QRE) Tool to help small businesses, including those in the informal sector, better understand their exposure and vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic and other risks.
Integrating Pandemics in DRR
We are in the process of developing Technical Guidance on Integrating Biological Hazards into National and Local Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies. This document will provide practical advice to help ensure your DRR strategies fully address prevention and mitigation measures for biological hazards such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNDRR Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
UN Secretariat Building
76 Rajadamnern Nok Ave
Bangkok, 10200 Thailand
Phone: +66 02288 2745
Email: UNDRR-AP@un.org
UNDRR Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific
5th Floor Kadavu House,
Victoria Parade
Suva, Fiji
Phone: +679 310 0370
Email: mcelroy@un.org
Countries
COUNTRY | OFFICIAL FOCAL POINT | TYPE | CONTACT | WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority | Sendai Framework | 0093799459913 | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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Department of Home Affairs | Sendai Framework | +61 2 6264 1111 | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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Ministry of Disaster and Relief | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs - Bhutan | Sendai Framework | +975 2322301 | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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National Disaster Management Centre | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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National Committee for Disaster Management (Cambodia) | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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Ministry of Emergency Management | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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Emergency Management Cook Islands | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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National Disaster Management Office | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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Fiji National Disaster Management Office | National Platform | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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Ministry of Home Affairs (India) | Sendai Framework | +94 1123092011 | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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National Agency for Disaster Management | National Platform | +62 2121281200 | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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National Agency for Disaster Management | Sendai Framework | +62 2121281200 | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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Ministry of Interior | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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Cabinet Office, Government of Japan | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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Kiribati - government | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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State Committee for Emergency and Disaster Management | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Bangkok | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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Ministry of the Interior and Safety | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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Department of Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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National Disaster Management Agency | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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National Disaster Management Centre (Maldives) | Sendai Framework | +960 3328790 | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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National Disaster Management Office | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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National Emergency Management Agency (Mongolia) | Sendai Framework | +976 11262182 | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement | Sendai Framework | +95 567 404020 | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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Disaster Risk Management Office under the Ministry of Commerce Industry & Environment. Government of Nauru | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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Office of Regional Cooperation and External Relations - Government of New Caledonia | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Sendai Framework | 64 4 439 8000 Fax 64 4 | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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Niue - government | Sendai Framework | +683 4073 | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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National Disaster Management Authority (Pakistan) | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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National Emergency Management Office | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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National Disaster Centre | Sendai Framework | + 675 301 1053 | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council | Sendai Framework | +63 29115061-4 | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
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Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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National Disaster Management Office (Solomon Islands) | Sendai Framework | +677 27836 | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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Ministry of Interior (Thailand) | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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National Disaster Risk Management Directorate, Ministry of Social Solidarity Timor Leste | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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Office for Tokelau Affairs | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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Ministry of Infrastructure | Sendai Framework | +62 67626340 | COUNTRY PROFILE | |
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National Disaster Management Office, Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Tuvalu | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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National Disaster Management Office (Vanuatu) | Sendai Framework | COUNTRY PROFILE | ||
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Vietnam Disaster Management Authority | Sendai Framework | VIEW WEBSITE | COUNTRY PROFILE |
Regional platform
Activities
The Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific manages or engages with a number of platforms and programs to support disaster risk reduction efforts and accelerate implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in the region.
Asia-Pacific Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (APP-DRR) Forum
The Asia-Pacific Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (APP-DRR) Forum [formerly known as the ISDR Asia Partnership (IAP)] was set up in 2003 as an informal multi-stakeholder forum to promote disaster risk reduction in the Asia & Pacific region. Organised and convened by the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, the forum has grown to become one of the most important regional platforms for DRR. The forum includes governments, inter-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, the UN, international organizations, and bilateral and multilateral donors. The APP-DRR advances disaster risk reduction through supporting the implementation of the Sendai Framework and the Asia Regional Plan.
The last APP-DRR was held 12-13 November 2019 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia. Visit the PreventionWeb event page more information about the meeting.
Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR)
The Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) is the main regional platform for promoting coordination and cooperation on DRR and the implementation of the Sendai Framework in Asia and the Pacific.
Held every two years, it brings together UN Member States, intergovernmental organisations, international and national organisations and stakeholder groups, to accelerate progress on disaster risk reduction. The conference is instrumental to strengthening DRR in the region by sharing good practice and knowledge and forging partnerships.
The eighth session of this conference, and the second after the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, was hosted by the Government of Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar, 3-6 July 2018. Key outcome documents from the 2018 conference were the Ulaanbaatar Declaration and the regional Action Plan 2018-2020.
The next conference will be in the year 2021 and will be hosted by the Government of Australia in the city of Brisbane. Visit the APMCDRR website

Pacific Resilience Meeting
The Pacific Resilience Partnership (PRP) is mandated by the leaders of Pacific countries to support national implementation of the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP). This multi-sector, multi-stakeholder mechanism comprises representatives from the region’s countries and territories, civil society and private sector, and regional organisations and development partners. UNDRR, along with UNDP, represents the entire UN system on the PRP. An important pillar of the PRP is the biennial Pacific Resilience Meeting (PRM), which recommends priority actions for integrated disaster and climate risk reduction at all levels to advance the FRDP. The inaugural PRM in May 2019 in Suva, Fiji, was themed ‘Youth Futures in a Resilient Pacific’. For more information about the meeting.

Capacity building and training
UNDRR conducts capacity building and training workshops at the regional and country level to support Member States, partner organizations and stakeholders. Over the last two years, many of these workshops have been focused on helping countries achieve major milestones along the path of implementing the Sendai Framework, in particular:
- Collection and reporting of data on progress in reducing disaster risk via the Sendai Framework Monitor.
- The creation and maintenance of disaster loss database to track the impact of disasters and identify trends.
- The development and implementation of national or local disaster risk reduction strategies, and ensuring their coherence with national development and climate action plans.
UNDRR also works to strengthen the capacity of United Nations country teams to inform the integration of DRR into country analysis and programs. In addition, UNDRR has provided inter-governmental organizations in Asia-Pacific, such as ASEAN and SAARC, to increase their awareness of disaster risk reduction and the benefits of integrating it in their sectoral plans. Other topics on which UNDRR has organized consultative workshops to mainstream disaster risk reduction into other sectors, include the integration of DRR tools into the humanitarian action cycle and strengthening the resilience of micro, small and medium enterprises.

Making Cities Resilient Campaign
Operational since 2010, the Making Cities Resilient (MCR) Campaign is a partnering initiative of local government alliances for disaster risk reduction with peer learning opportunities. The aim of the campaign is to encourage mayors, local governments and national authorities to take action towards making cities resilient as part of sustainable urbanization.
The campaign has developed a set of guidance documents, toolkits, and assessment tools. A key tool is the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities. The Scorecard provides a set of assessments that will allow local governments to assess their disaster resilience, structuring around UNDRR’s Ten Essentials for Making Cities Resilient. It also helps to monitor and review progress and challenges in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.
Stakeholder |
Organizing Group |
Children, Youth and Child-centred Organizations |
UN Major Group on Children and Youth (MGCY) |
Local Authorities |
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) |
NGOs/Civil Society |
Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN) |
Persons with Disabilities |
Disability-inclusive DRR Network (DiDRRN) |
Private Sector |
ARISE |
Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) |
Science, Technology / Education and Academia |
Asia-Pacific Science Technology and Academia Advisory Group (APSTAAG) |
Women and Gender |
Duryog Nivaran |
Media |
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) |