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Informe de Uruguay: diagnóstico del estado de la reducción de desastres


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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
Pan American Health Organization
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Environmental Programme DEWA/GRID-Europe
United Nations Development Programme - Regional Centre for Latin America and Caribbean
Publication Year
2011
Number of pages
66 p.

This report details the results of an assessment of the status of disaster risk reduction and institutional capacities in Uruguay, prepared by an inter-agency mission at the request of the Government of Uruguay, with the aim of promoting the development framework and capacity building of the National Emergency System.

The document includes the identification and development of a series of recommendations to advance disaster risk reduction in the South American country, while outlining the priorities and actions identified for strengthening the National Emergency System in the short, medium and long term.

The assessment was carried out in December 2010,  co-led by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP), and included representatives of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / WHO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ).

This document is available in Spanish only.

In Spanish:

El informe detalla los resultados de un diagnóstico del estado de la reducción del riesgo de desastres y capacidades institucionales en Uruguay, elaborado por una misión interagencial a solicitud del Gobierno de Uruguay, con el objetivo de impulsar el marco de desarrollo y fortalecimiento institucional del Sistema Nacional de Emergencias (SINAE).

En el documento se incluye la identificación y formulación de una serie de recomendaciones para avanzar en la reducción del riesgo de desastres en el país suramericano, al tiempo que se identifican las prioridades y acciones
para el fortalecimiento de la estructura del SINAE en el corto, mediano y largo plazo.

La misión efectuada en diciembre del 2010, fue co-liderada por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR) y el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), y contó con representantes de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), la Organización Panamericana de Salud (OPS/OMS), el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) y la Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO).

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