UNDRR INFOREGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE ANDCENTRAL ASIA

July 2021

Assessment Study of the Role of NDMAs in COVID-19Crisis Response and Impact of COVID-19 on NDMAs

Operations

The study provides an overview and �ndings of thecomprehensive analysis of the role and effectiveness of theNational Disaster Management Authorities (NDMAs) in theEurope and Central Asia region in the response and recoveryefforts to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

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Experts from Tajikistan strengthen disaster reporting

On 7-8 July 2021, experts from Tajikistanparticipated in the second part of theNational training on the “DesInventar-Sendai”- a disaster information managementsoftware.

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2021 Risk Award recognizes Vietnamesewomen �ghting climate change

On 28 July, UNDRR together with Munich ReFoundation announced the 2021 RISK Awardproject winner. The RISK Award has been set upto help improve risk reduction and disastermanagement by providing �nancial support toprojects dedicated to this topic. 

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MCR2030 Webinar Series: Getting to knowthe City Climate Finance Gap Fund

The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate andEnergy (GCoM) has o�cially joined the MCR2030initiative, and held a webinar on the City ClimateFinance Gap Fund (Gap Fund), in partnershipwith UNDRR, the European Investment Bank, andthe World Bank. During the session, participantslearned about the Gap Fund, its goals and howto access funding. The technical assistance isavailable to countries on the OECD DAC list.

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CERIS: building disaster resilientsociety in Europe

The Committee of Users for Safe, Secure and Resilient Societies (CoU) was founded in 2014. Since then, the CoU has signi�cantly grown and is now transformed into the Community for European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS), an informal platform under DG HOME’s lead. Learn more about CERIS activities through in this article.

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Milan at the MCR2030: Transforming streets withtactical urbanism.

Milan joined the MCR2030 initiative in August2021. It aims to serve as an inspiration for othercities and hopes that the initiative will help inexchanging knowledge, experiences, and goodpractices. In this article, the city shares itsexperience adapting to climate change and otherrisks challenges. In the past years, Milan movedtowards a cross-sectoral ecological transition tobecoming a greener, more resilient, and livablecity. Among the different solutions, themunicipality decided to make use of the so-called Nature-based Solutions approach (NBS) toincrease its adaption capacity. Read more

MCR2030 Updates

In the past month, Torres Vedras(Portugal), Vracar and Obrenovac(Serbia), Shkodra (Albania), Milan (Italy),Dushanbe (Tajikistan), and Silves(Portugal) joined the MCR2030initiative.

The Initiative also welcomed Nationalpartners, including the PublicInvestment Management O�ce ofSerbia, the Disaster and EmergencyManagement Presidency of Turkey, theAssociation of Albanian Municipalities,as well as new supporting entities fromthe UN System - UNDP, and internationalpartners the Global Covenant of Mayorsfor Climate and Energy, all making acommitment to support cities in buildingresilience.

The UN O�ce for Disaster Risk Reduction(UNDRR) works towards the substantialreduction of disaster risk and losses toensure a sustainable future.

UNDRR is the focal point of the UnitedNations system for disaster risk reductionand the custodian of the SendaiFramework, supporting countries andsocieties in its implementation, monitoringand review of progress.

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2021 EFDRR T -4 months

Increasing resilience in Europe and Central Asia in the face of growing climate impacts

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, MamiMizutori, extended her condolences to all those affected by the current severe �oods across

Europe and urged greater investment in disaster risk reduction against a natural hazardwhich, until the arrival of COVID-19, has typically affected more people annually than any

other disaster type.

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