Summary: During the second phase, the Disaster Risk Management Programme will reduce the impact of natural disasters on vulnerable communities by strengthening national capacity to prevent, coordinate and respond to natural disasters. At the inception, the programme will be directly executed by UNDP, and following the results of the government capacity assessment in 2008, the programme should become nationally executed by the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence by January, 2009. The programme will continue to strengthen the capacity of the Committee of Emergency Situations at the national level, while building regional mechanisms for DRM and mainstreaming DRM into state policy at the national and sub-national level.

Government of Tajikistan Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence and United Nations Development Programme. "'Disaster Risk Management Programme' Phase 2 (2007 - 2009)." Programme document, [2009].

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