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with the five priorities for action and to identifying practical meas-
ures to increase commitment, resourcing and efforts for further
implementation. States and regional organizations should explore
and implement adjustment of directions and priorities needed to
take up new opportunities for DRR in relation to climate change.
To promote investments in DRR and CCA, participants were
urged to build capacities to track DRR investments and to evaluate
the costs and benefits of DRR and consider greater investments in
disaster reduction in the region. It was suggested that local imple-
mentation of the HFA should be improved by way of encouraging
cities and local governments to sign up for global campaigns such
as ‘Making Cities Resilient: My city is getting ready!’.
Following the Incheon Declaration, the Incheon REMAP and
action plan on DRR through CCA in Asia and the Pacific will
focus on a comprehensive climate risk management approach.
The roadmap is divided into certain priority initiatives that can be
achieved in the next two years and others that can be undertaken
in the next five years. Any of these initiatives can start at any time
during the period of the roadmap. The objective of the roadmap is to
establish climate resilient disaster risk management (DRM) systems
that contribute to sustainable development at regional, national,
sub-national and community levels by 2015.
The development of the action plan was initiated along with
the REMAP. The action plan was shared with the UNISDR Asia
Partnership (IAP) members and national governments for inputs
and suggestions. Substantive discussions held at the 4th AMCDRR
further helped refine the strategies and the expected outcomes in the
REMAP, which led to changes in the proposed action plan.
The action plan, like the REMAP, is divided into three broad initia-
tives that can be achieved in the next two to five years. It is further
categorized as per key items (outcomes), sub-items
(outputs), projects (activities), location, funds and dura-
tion of implementation. Any of the initiatives or activities
may be initiated by any of the organizations or countries
at any given time during the period of the roadmap.
Maintaining the focus
During the conference, the ministers invited NEMA,
Republic of Korea, in coordination with the Asia and
Pacific regional office of the UNISDR and members of
the IAP, to carry its messages to the Third Session of
the Global Platform on DRR in May 2011 and beyond.
Recommendations from the Declaration will be consid-
ered where appropriate within existing policies, strategies
and action plans for effectively mainstreaming DRR and
CCA into development. International organizations and
regional institutions are called upon to provide techni-
cal, operational and programmatic support to accelerate
the implementation of the HFA in Asia and the Pacific
countries, especially national action plans on DRR.
The detailed action plan will be finalised at the IAP
Partnership meetings in Jakarta in 2011, and renewed
and reported every six months at future meetings. The
target dates for the platform and policy guideline are
June and October 2011 respectively, and the promotion
of the Incheon Declaration, REMAP and action plan will
be reported at the 5th AMCDRR in Indonesia in 2012.
Through these processes, it is expected that ministers’
efforts will contribute to improving the outlook for DRR
in the Asia-Pacific nations.
The prime ministers of Bhutan and the Republic of Korea attended the 4th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, along with
53 ministers and high-level officials from various nations
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