Words into Action Guidelines: National Diaster Risk Assessment

Output: Words into Action Guidelines: National Disaster Risk Assessment​

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SAGE Role: Sahar designed and led the process of developing these guidelines and she co-authored the main body which outlines the critical steps for developing effective and useful disaster risk assessment. She convened more than 120 experts from various technical institutions across the globe who contributed to various components of these guidelines.

Client: UNDRR

Partners and collaborators: A wide range of experts and representatives from national and global institutions

Timeline: Development of these guidelines started in 2016 and finished soon after Sahar started Sage on Earth in October 2017.

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About the document:

In 2016 the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) commissioned the development of guidelines on national disaster risk assessment (NDRA) as part of a series of thematic guidelines under its “Words into Action” initiative to support national implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. 

The present Guidelines are the result of the collaboration between over 100 leading experts from national authorities, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia, think tanks and private-sector entities. They focus on Sendai Framework’s first Priority for Action: Understanding Disaster Risk, which is the basis for all measures on disaster risk reduction and is closely linked to the other three Priorities for Action.