About Asian and Pacific Centre for Development of Disaster Information Management:
- It is a regional institution of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
- Vision: To ensure effective disaster risk information is produced and used for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.
- Mandate: To reduce human and material losses due to natural hazards and contribute to the effective design, investment and implementation of disaster risk reduction and resilience policies.
- Governance: It is governed by a Governing Council consisting of eight ESCAP member countries elected for a period of three years (India is one of the members for a period from 2022 to 2025).
- Headquarter: Tehran, Iran.
- Functions of Asian and Pacific Centre for Development of Disaster Information Management
- Risk Information and Knowledge Repository: It functions as a regional facility to strengthen the science-policy interface.
- Information Capacity and Application: It facilitates the exchange of expertise, experiences, and knowledge in disaster information management between and within the countries of the region.
- Regional Cooperation and Coordination for Disaster Risk Information: It promotes effective regional cooperation, facilitate dialogue.
