United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - South Sudan
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UNESCO is supporting South Sudan to enhance its resilience to natural hazards through knowledge generation, training and creating institutional capacity. The training workshop contributed towards better understanding of Disaster Risks Reduction (DRR), risk awareness, prevention and preparedness regarding disasters induced by natural hazards in South Sudan. Sardar Umar Alam, UNESCO Head of Office and Representative to the republic of South Sudan reiterated UNESCO’s commitment to support government’s efforts in the development of disaster risk management policy and its implementation.
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.