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The Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program (AUDMP) is an nine-year (1995-2004) program designed to respond to the need for safer cities in Asia. The goal of the program is to reduce the disaster vulnerability of urban populations, infrastructure, critical facilities, and shelter in selected cities throughout Asia.
The AUDMP is implemented by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) with an extensive coalition of partner organizations, including local and national government agencies, NGOs, academic institutions, and others. Financial support for the AUDMP is provided by the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and by the participating national and local governments and other organizations.
The program aims to highlight the importance of proactive approach in disaster risk mitigation, facilitate development of sustainable mechanisms for disaster mitigation, build capacity of all stakeholders to mitigate disaster risks and promote replication and adaptation of successful mitigation measures to other cities and countries worldwide.
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.