Voluntary commitments

The 2015 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR), conducted in Sendai, Japan, identified the State as having the primary responsibility but also underlined the shared responsibility of stakeholders for disaster risk reduction. As a result, Member States called for specific and time-bound voluntary commitments by stakeholders at local, national, regional and global levels in line with DRR strategies and plans to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

In response, UNDRR established the Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform to showcase non-state actors’ commitments towards implementing the Sendai Framework. The platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work while identifying crossovers with others in the field and potential partners with whom to collaborate to maximise impact. Stakeholders can also get their achievements highlighted.

All non-state stakeholders working on DRR can submit and follow-up their commitments including private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.

Add a New Commitment

Please submit your voluntary commitment to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction on the SFVC online platform.

For more information on how to submit your voluntary commitment, please read the Guidelines for Submission or contact the UNDRR SFVC team directly with any questions.

Commitments will inform the global stocktaking of stakeholder contributions and be featured in the UNDRR’s Synthesis and Analysis Report conducted every three years. The first report was launched during the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction held in Geneva in May 2019 and the second report was launched during the Global Platform held in Bali in May 2022.

Note: You will need to sign in with (or register for) a PreventionWeb account to use the Sendai Voluntary Commitments platform.

2015 Voluntary Commitments

A number of commitments were made before and during the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in 2015. Below, you can find these previously announced commitments for reference. Since then, significant progress has been made with their initiatives. Thus, in addition to new commitments, the Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments online platform also accepts the registry of previously announced commitments.

National governments are kindly requested to submit their commitments to the Sendai Framework Monitoring Tool
Stakeholders working on DRR can submit their commitments to the Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments online platform

Government announcements

Government announcements and special initiatives include both national and local governments, and parliamentarians, and complement the official government statements made at the Open-ended Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee meetings and the WCDRR.

Government	Type	Goal	Scope	Title
Colombia	Local Government	Goal 1 - Risk prevention	Regional	Sistema De Alertas Tempranas -Siata- (Early Warning System)
Netherlands, the	Central Government	Goal 1 - Risk prevention	National	Commitment on behalf of the Government of the Netherlands towards the implementation of the post 2015 DRR framework for action
Slovenia	Central Government	Goal 1 - Risk prevention	National	Government of Slovenia
Tajikistan	Central Government	Goal 1 - Risk prevention	National	National Platform of DRR
Turkmenistan	Central Government	Goal 1 - Risk prevention	National	National Strategy on Climate Change
Turkmenistan	Central Government	Goal 1 - Risk prevention	Regional	Regional Centre for technologies related to climate change
Afghanistan	Central Government	Goal 2 - Risk reduction	National	Risk assessment and mitigation for localized disasters in context of mountain community
Bulgaria	Central Government	Goal 2 - Risk reduction	National	Voluntary Commitment of the Republic of Bulgaria
Cameroon	Central Government	Goal 2 - Risk reduction	Global	Civil Defense as a Millenium Goal for Development
Cameroon	Local Government	Goal 2 - Risk reduction	Local	Programme d'actions de Yaoundé 6 - Cameroun
Croatia	Central Government	Goal 2 - Risk reduction	National	Croatian plans to integrate disaster risk reduction measures
Latvia	Central Government	Goal 2 - Risk reduction	Regional	Council Conclusions on needs of persons with disabilities throughout disaster management cycle
Nepal	Central Government	Goal 2 - Risk reduction	National	Local Disaster Reduction Management Plan
Serbia	Central Government	Goal 2 - Risk reduction	National	Serbian commitment to DRR
Sri Lanka	Local Government	Goal 2 - Risk reduction	National	Tsunami risk reduction in Galle
Armenia	Central Government	Goal 3 - Strengthening resilience	National	Information and Communication for Effective DRR
Belarus	Central Government	Goal 3 - Strengthening resilience	National	Contribution to establishing the research and scientific platforms for the development and implementation of innovative solutions in the field of disaster risk reduction, and to foster public partnerships.
Côte d'Ivoire	Central Government	Goal 3 - Strengthening resilience	National	National Plateforme for Disaster Reduction
France	Central Government	Goal 3 - Strengthening resilience	Global	French commitments
Nepal	Central Government	Goal 3 - Strengthening resilience	National	National initiation to make the community resilience in Nepal
Turkey	Central Government	Goal 3 - Strengthening resilience	Global	Safe schools leaders called for worldwide initiative for safe schools by Turkey