UK Collaborative on Development Sciences
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UKCDS is a group of UK government departments and research funders working in international development. As the Secretariat, we bring this group together with researchers and other key organisations.
By sharing knowledge and promoting opportunities, we stimulate collaboration and improve the effectiveness of UK investments in development.
This ensures the best science is funded and used to benefit international development, as well as the UK.
Objectives:
- Improve stakeholder collaboration in development sciences
- Encourage research policies and practices of UK funders to reflect good practice in development
- Support the UK to be a global leader in development sciences and their application.
The UKCDS Disasters Research Group aims to enhance research and technology based disaster risk reduction (DRR) through improved coordination of UK and international funders, research providers and users.
UKCDS also has responsibility for implementing the recommendations from the UK Government Office for Science report on the use of Science in Humanitarian Emergencies and Disasters (SHED)
Colin Armstrong - Head of Science in Humanitarian Emergencies and Disasters (SHED) Secretariat
http://www.ukcds.org.uk
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.