Disaster Mitigation - 2nd Edition (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - Disaster Management Training Programme - United Nations Development Programme , 1994, 64 p.): Part 4 - Implementing organizations: (introduction...)

Disaster Mitigation - 2nd Edition (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - Disaster Management Training Programme - United Nations Development Programme , 1994, 64 p.)

Part 4 - Implementing organizations

		*(introduction...)*
		Building up skills and institutions
		The regional context: a problem shared
		International exchange of expertise
		Supporting decision-making: external specialists
		Knowledge dissemination
		International decade for natural disaster reduction
		Disaster mitigation in UNDP country programming
		Initial phases of the UNDP country programming exercise
		SUMMARY

(introduction...)

This part of the module discusses some of the organizations involved in the implementation of mitigation programs and outlines the policy goals of UNDP and DHA regarding disaster mitigation. The methods of achieving these goals are:

institution building

dissemination of information

the international exchange of information

the IDNDR campaign