Sentinel Asia has been invited by the UNDRR
to make voluntary commitments to the Sendai Framework
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (the Sendai Framework)is the outcome document of The Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster
Risk Reduction, held in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. With its seven targets
and four priorities for action, the Sendai Framework aims to achieve a substantial
reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic,
physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities
and countries during the 15-year period. The Sendai Framework is considered to be oneof the most important guiding documents of this period.
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is the United Nations
focal point for disaster risk reduction. UNDRR oversees the implementation of theSendai Framework, supporting countries in its implementation, monitoring and sharing
what works in reducing existing risk and preventing the creation of new risk.
While the Sendai Framework recognizes that each member state of the United Nations
has primary responsibility to reduce disaster risk, it underlines the shared
responsibilities of non-governmental stakeholders, which play significant roles. Thus
their voices must be heard, and their contributions must be recognized. With this pointin mind, UNDRR launched the Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC)
online platform in December 2018. The SFVC online platform enables stakeholders to:
inform, letting the public know about their work; learn and collaborate, knowing who isdoing what and where to explore synergies; and motivate others, allowing goodpractices to be highlighted. Operationally, stakeholders can also use the SFVC platform
as a monitoring tool for their contributions to the implementation of the SendaiFramework.
Sentinel Asia in its Step-3 phase has a mandate to contribute to implementing theSendai Framework. While contributing to the implementation of the Sendai Framework,
Sentinel Asia has been strengthening the partnership with UNDRR as well. At the Joint
Project Team Meeting (JPTM) held in Awaji, Japan, in 2018, a special session titled“Contribution of Sentinel Asia to achieving global agenda” was organized. Sentinel
Asia invited a representative of UNDRR (formerly known as UNISDR) to give akeynote speech on the Sendai Framework. Also a representative of the Sentinel Asia
secretariat was invited to the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva,

Switzerland, in 2019, organized by UNDRR, to present Sentinel Asia’s activities andcontributions to the Sendai Framework.
In light of the partnership between UNDRR and Sentinel Asia as well as of theachievements of Sentinel Asia, and the enhanced recognition of Sentinel Asia in theglobal disaster management community, Sentinel Asia has been invited by the UNDRRto submit its commitments to the Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC).
The voluntary commitment by Sentinel Asia has been now published on the SFVC
online platform at: https://sendaicommitments.undrr.org/commitments/20210621_001.
Currently, Sentinel Asia’s SFVC are about Emergency Observation Request (EOR).
Sentinel Asia is to make its best effort to offer support in terms of disaster assessment
and response planning, and to activate supporting agencies as required. An EOR
represents an appeal for assistance from the disaster-affected country and is thefundamental instrument around which the Sentinel Asia framework is organized andexecuted. While publishing the initial SFVC, Sentinel Asia will further update andupgrade the SFVC in the future and will continue to be committed to implementing theSendai Framework through cooperation among Sentinel Asia member organizations.

Sentinel Asia’s SFVC on the UNDRR’s dedicated platform