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UNDRR complements Member States’ efforts to implement the Sendai Framework through its continued support for an all-of-society multi-stakeholder approach. More specifically, UNDRR works with Member States to develop and implement their DRR strategies and DRR-related aspects of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks and Common Country Analyses.
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa

Meetings and conferences
Nairobi
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In person
Meeting: Kenya National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
In Kenya, disaster losses are increasingly becoming a threat to people’s lives and livelihoods with disaster risk accumulating rapidly overshadowing the Government’s efforts to build resilience and sustainability in most regions. The scale of
Meetings and conferences
Malabo
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In person
National Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop - Improving risk knowledge through the implementation of national disaster loss databases
Hazard assessment and risk information are inadequate in many countries in Africa mainly due to the lack of capacity that results in a failure to inform decision-making processes. Risk information, as an output of effective monitoring, dissemination and
Meetings and conferences
Mombasa
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In person
Disaster Risk Reduction Leadership Development Forum and Meeting of the EAC Disaster Risk Reduction Parliamentary Forum
The event aims to enhance DRR governance through the development of risk-sensitive policies, legal and legislative instruments among the EAC Partner States through increased awareness, strengthened capacity of legislators to influence disaster risk
Training event
Praia
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In person
National Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop - Improving risk knowledge through the implementation of national disaster loss databases
Hazard assessment and risk information are inadequate in many countries in Africa mainly due to the lack of capacity that results in a failure to inform decision-making processes. Risk information, as an output of effective monitoring, dissemination and
Training event
Ezulwini
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In person
National Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop - Improving risk knowledge through the implementation of national disaster loss databases
Hazard assessment and risk information are inadequate in many countries in Africa mainly due to the lack of capacity that results in a failure to inform decision-making processes. Risk information, as an output of effective monitoring, dissemination and
Meetings and conferences
Johannesburg
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In person
Local Climate Solutions for Africa 2017: Water & Climate Congress
This session of the Local Climate Solutions for Africa (LOCS4Africa) Congress series will explore critical links between climate change and urban water and sanitation in Africa’s cities. African cities, as diverse as large metro areas to small towns, are
Meetings and conferences
Addis Ababa
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In person
10th Session of the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction
The Tenth Session of the Africa Working Group (AWG) is expected to make key recommendations to facilitate the implementation of the Programme of Action at all levels. It will also develop the Africa Common Position to be presented at the 2017 Global

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UNDRR training courses
UNDRR works globally with governments, institutions, the private sector and civil society to build capacity to mainstream disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into sustainable development.