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Monitoring Progress of HFA Implementation

in the Arab Region

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Reporting on progress fromArab Region 2007-2009:• National HFA Reports submitted online 2008/2009:

Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Syria, Yemen (22%!!!)

• One in-depth country review “case study” Egypt• One drought risk reduction review– Djibouti• Progress review reports sent 2007:

Comoros, Djibouti, Morocco, Mauritania

• Regional analysis and review of progress (coordinated with the League of Arab States and UNISDR - submitted to 2nd Global Platform 2009)

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GAPS Identified!!!

• Weak and incomplete Institutional Frameworks• Inadequate technical capacity to implement DRR• Weak knowledge and info base for DRR• Weak coordination regional/national,

national/national, national/local• Difficulty in reorienting from DM to DRR• Scarcity/limitation of adequate financing for DRR• Ensuring the sustainability of the set national

agenda and policy to adopt the DRR

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Actions to bridge Gaps!• Political commitment to be asserted through regional

policies on sustainable development• Capacity development, training and guidance for

countries to accelerate HFA implementation• Support HFA Progress Monitoring & Reporting• Focus on “knowledge” including enhancement of data

on risk, hazards and vulnerabilities• Use 2009 review as a benchmarking exercise to inform

future plans and regional strategies.• Undertake a comprehensive, in-depth review with

wider stakeholders engagements (2010-2011).

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Thank youUnited Nations, secretariat of the

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt

Tel: +2-02-22665602/3/4 Fax: +2-02-22665642isdr-arabstates@un.org

www.preventionweb.net and www.unisdr.org/arabstates

Luna Abu-Swaireh, abu-swaireh@un.org