Consultation on technology and disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction

The consultation on technology and disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction at the 4th Zero Project conference is organized by the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (SCRPD) of the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD), Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) in collaboration with the Zero Project on 26 February 2015 at UN Headquarters Vienna.

DSPD/DESA will organize this consultation with the objective to contribute to the upcoming third World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Sendai, Japan (14-18 March 2015) through bringing together contributions of leading global experts in technology, disability and development to the on-going work for a disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction framework. Based on the first Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA), the international community is moving forward to adopt a post-2015 international framework on disaster risk reduction (HFA2) at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (3WCDRR) from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. This framework will guide and support global, regional, national and local efforts to build nations and communities that are resilient to disasters.

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Source: UNDESA-DSPD