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International Flood Initiative (IFI) is a joint initiative in collaboration with such international organizations as UNESCO (IHP ), WMO, UN/ISDR, UNU, IAHS and IAHR. IFI made its official launch in January 2005 at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) in Kobe, Japan.
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), building on past cooperative successes, have launched the International Flood Initiative (IFI) to address existing management gaps through a holistic approach and to provide a platform for further collaborative efforts. The initiative will work in close cooperation with the United Nations University (UNU), the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), IAHS and IAHR. The IFI secretariat is locate in the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) in Tsukuba, Japan. UN agencies working on other aspects of flood management will also be invited to contribute to the initiative.
Objectives: The overall aim of the initiative is to build capacity in countries to understand and better respond to floods by taking advantage of their benefits while at the same time minimizing their social, economic and environmental risks.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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