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The objectives of Denmark’s humanitarian action are to save and protect lives, alleviate suffering and promote the dignity and rights of civilians in crisis situations; as well as to initiate recovery, build resilience to and prevent future crises by breaking the cycle between crises and vulnerability. Thereby, Denmark’s humanitarian action contributes to improving human security and reducing poverty.
To this end, Denmark will with its partners reach out to the
most vulnerable people in crisis situations, through:
• meeting the immediate and early recovery needs of those affected by natural disasters and promoting disaster risk reduction, and
• responding to the needs of people affected by armed conflict, and supporting prevention, resilience and
early recovery efforts.
Extracts from the Danish Humanitarian Strategy:
1. Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action:
Denmark will give priority to assist disaster-prone countries in enhancing their disaster management and risk reduction capacity. In Danish programme countries climate screening of existing programmes and climate-proofing of new initiatives will accelerate risk reduction efforts according to the Guidelines for Disaster Risk Reduction in Danish development and Humanitarian Assistance.
Extracts from the Danish Humanitarian Strategy:
2. International partnerships for risk reduction.
Funding will be made available to institutions and organisations such as the International Strategy for disaster Reduction (ISDR) and its members, the IFRC and facilities such as the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) to ensure that disaster risk reduction becomes a part of country-level poverty reduction strategies. Denmark will actively advocate for improved country–level coordination and division of labour between organisations involved in supporting disaster risk reduction activities.
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.