First Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR)
The Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) was originally known as the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction. The Platform will build on and expand the membership of the Inter-Agency Task Force. Participation in the Global Platform will be open to States.It will also include United Nations and other international agencies, regional organizations, civil society organizations and technical and scientific bodies covering the social, economic, humanitarian, political, environmental and scientific fields and committed to disaster risk reduction. The GPDRR aims at recreating an international forum to discuss disaster risk reduction and the advancement of Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA) implementation in country as well as at the regional and international levels. It will provide a forum for devising strategies and policies to reduce disaster risk, monitoring progress and identifying gaps in policies and programmes and recommending remedial action. It will also aim to ensure complementarity of action at all levels of implementation through increased coordination and cooperation. Finally, the Global Platform will also facilitate sharing knowledge and lessons among the UN/ISDR system partners.
