1. European Commission - Humanitarian Aid
& Civil Protection Department (DG ECHO)
DIPECHO South Asia
Disaster Risk Reduction
Global campaigns
DIPECHO Partners’ Meeting, 2010

2. Disaster Risk Reduction begins at
School 2006-07
- Launched in June 2006 by the UN/ISDR
Objectives:
•Promote disaster reduction education in School curricula
•To promote school safety by encouraging the application
of construction standards than can withstand any kind of
natural hazard.

3. Disaster Risk Reduction
begins at School
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efforts done and issues raised in the speaking
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4. Hospitals Safe from Disasters
Reduce Risk, Protect Health
Facilities, Save Lives 2008-2009
- Launched in January 2006 by UN/ISDR
Objective of raising awareness and bring about
change that will:
 Protect the lives of patients and health workers by ensuring
the structural resilience of health facilities;
 Ensure health facilities and health services are able to
function in the aftermath of emergencies and disasters, when
they are most needed;
 Improve the risk reduction capacity of health workers and
institutions, including emergency management.

5. Hospitals Safe from Disasters
Reduce Risk, Protect Health
Facilities, Save Lives
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efforts done and issues raised in the speaking
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6. One Million Safe Schools and
Hospitals Campaign
- Launched in Manila in April 2010
This initiative is also linked to the 2010 – 2011
World DRR Campaign “ Building Resilient
Cities – My city is getting ready!”
The initiative has the slogan
“Make a Pledge, Save a Life”
The Campaign is to encourage all relevant
stakeholders, from individual to institutional
level, to make a pledge for a school or hospital
and make them safer now to survive disasters.

7. One Million Safe Schools and
Hospitals Campaign
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8. “Making Cities Resilient,”
2010-2011
- launched in March 2010
The overall goal of the campaign is to achieve
resilient, sustainable urban communities, with a
growing number of local governments that are taking
actions to reduce the risks to disasters.
A longer term objective following the campaign is to
empower local governments with stronger national
policies to invest in risk reduction at local level, as
part of urban and regional development plans.

9. “Making Cities Resilient,”
2010-2011
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speaking points to guide the discussion

10. “Making Cities Resilient,”
2010-2011
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on what efforts done and issues raised in the
speaking points to guide the discussion