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UNTWG-DRR

The United Nations Technical Working Group for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNTWG-DRR) was formed in 2002 and revitalized in June 2005 to improve UN coordination and enhance the UN’s role in promoting and facilitating improved disaster risk reduction in Indonesia. The UNTWG-DRR is working with the Government of Indonesia in collaboration with donors, Red Cross Societies and non-government organizations in building the capacity of government institutions and communities on disaster risk reduction.

The Working Group consists of technical officers or designated focal persons of agency members of FAO, OCHA, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO. The Working Group is chaired by UNDP with OCHA providing the secretarial/administrative support and meets once a month.

Objectives of the Working Group for the period 2006-2010 are:

1. To produce a UN Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy which will adopt, among other things:
   
   • UN Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction deriving from International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (Hyogo Framework of Action, etc.), Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP), United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), and best practices from Indonesia and other countries or situations;
     
   • Cluster Approaches (Health and Nutrition, Shelter and Camp Management, Water and Sanitation, Child Protection and Education, Information and Telecommunication, Logistic, Early Recovery, Food, and Agriculture).
2. To establish an integrated Inter-agency Action Plan to implement the strategy which will elaborate, among other things:
   
   • Targets to achieve
     
   • Agencies’ specific roles and responsibilities
     
3. To identify further objectives in pursuance to the above-mentioned goal.

For further information, please contact Titi Moektijasih, at moektijasih@un.org, 0811-87-3997.

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