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VIII.3. Disaster Preparedness > Multi-hazard response preparedness

Preferred term

Multi-hazard response preparedness  

Definition

  • Building the responsiveness, capability and capacity of international, regional and national humanitarian actors to disasters. Support to the institutional capacities of national and local government, specialised humanitarian bodies, and civil society organisations to anticipate, respond and recover from the impact of potential, imminent and current hazardous events and emergency situations that pose humanitarian threats and could call for a humanitarian response. This includes risk analysis and assessment, mitigation, preparedness, such as stockpiling of emergency items and training and capacity building aimed to increase the speed and effectiveness of lifesaving assistance delivered in the occurrence of crisis.

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  • 74020

Identifier

  • 74020

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https://vocabulary.oneofftech.xyz/CRS/74020

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