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Enhancing Community Resilience and Human Security of Vulnerable Communities in Urban Settings through the Implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Duration: September 2016– December 2019
Budget: US$1,904,274 (UNTFHS: $1,047,774; Pooled Funding: $856,500)
Implementing Agencies: UNISDR(Lead), UNDP

The programme helps to develop the capacities of local governments and institutions to mitigate disaster-related insecurities in 10 urban communities living in vulnerable conditions in Mauritania and Tunisia. Backed with evidence from disaster resilience assessments, the programme focuses on: (i) establishing risk sensitive action plans that take into account social, environmental, political, health and economic risks as highlighted through a people-centered human security lens; and (ii) localizing disaster risk reduction efforts through innovative partnerships that place communities and their survival, livelihood and dignity – i.e., their human security – as central to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. ​​

KEY MATERIALS
Events Page
Mauritania News Story “How the Sendai Framework and the Application of the Human Security Approach Are Helping to Reduce Disaster Risks in Mauritanian Cities” ​
Programme Factsheet “ Enhancing Community Resilience and Human Security of Vulnerable Communities in 5 Tunisian cities” (FR)