Local authorities
Local authorities, as they form the closest institutional level to citizens and communities, bear the responsibility to build resilient communities. The Sendai Framework explicitly calls for the full empowerment of local authorities, through regulatory and financial means to work and coordinate with relevant stakeholders in disaster risk management at the local level.
UNDRR empowers local authorities to reduce existing risks and strengthen resilience of communities by providing capacity-building, knowledge and normative support.
UNDRR Local initiatives and partnerships
UNDRR and its partners initiated the Making Cities Resilient Campaign 2030 (MCR2030), which brings together local governments and stakeholders to address issues of local governance and urban risk and resilience. It builds upon the experience of the Making Cities Resilient (MCR) Campaign during 2010-2020.
The UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) are collaborating to develop a new tracking system to record and analyse hazardous events and disaster losses and damages. This new system is being co-designed with country partners, and offers information sharing features for different levels of governments to support risk-informed policymaking. You can install an instance of the new system within your city, or get access to your country's national system.
The Scorecard provides a set of assessments that allow local governments to assess their disaster resilience, structuring around UNDRR’s Ten Essentials for Making Cities Resilient. It also helps to monitor and review progress and challenges in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: 2015-2030 and supports the baseline analysis for preparation of the disaster risk reduction and resilience strategies.