DOHA: The Regional Workshop on Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, organised by the Permanent Committee for Emergency in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), began in Doha yesterday with the participation of a number of staff members and representatives of concerned authorities in the country.
The Regional Workshop on Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction was adopted for the period 2015 to 2030 at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan, in 2015.
The workshop, attended by a number of experts, addresses a range of topics on how to reduce disaster risk and strengthen national coordination mechanisms to reduce these risks in the context of the Sendai framework, as well as discusses international frameworks and the Arab strategy in this regard, QNA reported.
The workshop also reviews the importance of national forums and committees in the formulation of national strategies, policy support and decision-making in the field of disaster risk reduction, the progress made by the government in the implementation of the Sendai framework, and other relevant topics.
