ISDR
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, often abbreviated as ISDR, was a framework established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2001. Its primary objective was to guide and coordinate international efforts to reduce disaster risk. The ISDR aimed to build a global culture of disaster reduction by raising awareness, promoting political commitment, and supporting the implementation of disaster risk reduction measures. It served as a successor to the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), which concluded in 2000.
The ISDR worked through a multi-stakeholder approach, engaging governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector,
In 2015, the ISDR framework evolved into the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, which was