EU Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction in Developing Countries

The European Commission is in the process of developing a proposal for an EU Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in developing countries. The Strategy will build on existing preliminary strategic work on DRR done by the Commission, and propose a new comprehensive approach encompassing both development cooperation and humanitarian aid and all developing country regions. The purpose of this paper is to provide elements for consultation with stakeholders on the rationale, scope, objectives, approach, principles, intervention areas and implementation issues for such a Strategy.

The link address is: http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/Consultation5_issues_paper_EUStrategyFortDisaster_en.pdf