Annual Report
This 2014 annual report is a mid-term report on the UNDRR 2014-2015 Biennium Work Program.
It provides an update on UNDRR's five programmes: International Cooperation to Reduce Disaster Risk; Risk Informed Public Policy and Investment; Urban Risk Reduction and Resilience; Risk Sensitive Business Investment; and Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction.
2014 Contributions Received and Pledged*
*A pledge is a non-binding announcement of an intended contribution or allocation by a donor.
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Among all UN Member States and observers, political and financial support for disaster risk reduction initiatives is raised through the ISDR Support Group. This process ensures that information is shared between UNDRR and all UN Member States in the field of disaster risk reduction. The Support Group for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction was established in 2005 to follow-up on the process of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction held in Kobe.
Funding of the Strategy Secretariat
For the biennium 2014-2015, the Strategy secretariat set a resource target of $70million to fulfil its work. In the 2013, income totaled $62.2million, a 15% increase over the previous biennium and a 96% achievement of the 2012-2013 biennial target of $64.9million. Contributions were received from a total of 27 donors. These results are indicative of increased donor confidence in the strategic direction and results achieved by the secretariat against a backdrop of global economic crisis and shrinking aid budgets. The Strategy secretariat is also working to broaden its donor base: in the biennium 2012-2013 it received funding from 34 partners, including from seven private sector partners.
Independent External Evaluations of UNDRR
Planning
UNDRR’s Strategic Framework looks to the year 2025 to realise its vision of “a world in which nations and communities are resilient to the risks of disasters and climate change, enabling them to develop and prosper sustainably”. It sets UNDRR’s direction, outlining expected Outcomes and Results until 2015.
Monitoring and Reporting
UNDRR has adopted results based approach for monitoring and reporting of its programme and projects. UNDRR regularly collects information against results, indicators and targets defined in the Strategic Framework, twice a year. The monitoring and reporting then provides basis for course correction and planning for future interventions.
Evaluations
As part of UNDRR’s commitment for continuous improvement of organizational performance, UNDRR successfully implemented recommendations issued from several reviews and evaluations. A special priority for UNDRR is to improve resource management and programme reporting, in particular through its results-based management system.
Online Management Tool (e-Tool)
UNDRR is using a web-based e-Management Tool (e-Tool) to facilitate the implementation of UNDRR Strategic Framework and Biennial Work Programmes. The tool helps UNDRR in managing and tracking progress against its work programme, finance and projects on periodic basis.
Key RBMS Documents
UNDRR Annual Report 2014
This 2014 annual report is a mid-term report on the UNDRR 2014-2015 Biennium Work Programme. 2014 was a year in which much time was spent defining the future of disaster risk management. Reports for each of the five UNDRR regional offices are included to highlight progress at regional and national level. The report features an organizational performance update and progress achieved on the specific work programmes. A table to track UNDRR’s progress against result indicators is available in Annex 1, while a list of publications, policy documents, reports and occasional papers issued in 2014 can be found in Annex 2.
SLG Implementation Plan (Draft v2.5)
This document is a combined "Management response" to all of the internal and external evaluations UNDRR underwent since 2009. The document is updated regularly and reflects implementation progress against the recommendations from all the evaluations. The Senior Leadership Group (SLG) implementation Plan is being closely monitored as part of the organizational corporate work plan. Till date, UNDRR has implemented 70% of the recommendation from different reviews and evaluations through SLG Implementation Plan.
RBMS Readiness Review
The RBMS readiness review done before the adoption of Result Based Management System in UNDRR. The readiness review was done to advance the design, creation, and use of results-based M&E systems; too little emphasis is placed on existing political, organizational, and cultural factors and contexts. The documents review the existing UNDRR practices and presented recommendation for the effective implementation of RBMS in UNDRR.
RBMS Work Plan 2015
This document presents the work plan for the implementation of UNDRR RBMS activities in 2015. It is based on the RBMS implementation review, done in December 2014.
UNDRR RBMS Review December 2014
This document reflects on progress made in the implementation of the Results Based Management System (RBMS), over the period of 3 years since its start in 2012. It reviews the progress against the work plan chalked out in the beginning for the implementation of Results Based Management System in UNDRR. The document provides the UNDRR’s Senior Management with the insight to take necessary actions for future implementation of RBMS in UNDRR.
UNDRR Annual Report 2013
This final report on UNDRR's progress in the 2012-2013 biennium focuses on the achievements of 2013, while also showing the cumulative impact of work begun in 2012.
The delivery of results is described in the order of the four Strategic Objectives of the UNDRR Strategic Framework 2012-2015: Lead and Coordinate, Credible Evidence, Advocacy and Outreach, and Deliver and Communicate Results. After a mid-biennium review, the Strategic Framework was adjusted in January 2013 to update and sharpen its results focus. The previous “Outcomes” have been translated into corresponding expected “Results”, while retaining all the original actions.
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