UNDP provides assistance to the Government of Lebanon to set up and strengthen the disaster risk reduction unit based in the Prime Minister’s office. In the first phase of this project, which started effectively in January 2010, the focus was on initiating a framework at the National level. On the other hand, Phase II will finalize the work done previously and will target sectoral and regional/ local levels with a particular concentration on capacity building focusing on highly vulnerable groups.

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Humanitarian aid
Project partners	Contract partner United Nations Organization (UNO) United Nations Development Programme
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF   800'000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF   780'102
Project phases	Phase 3 01.04.2013 - 31.03.2015   (Completed) Phase 2 15.05.2012 - 31.08.2014   (Completed) Phase 1 01.11.2009 - 31.07.2013   (Completed)

Further technical details

• Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	EMERGENCY RESPONSE
  Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Material relief assistance and services
  Cross-cutting topics	Crisis prevention The project also supports partner organisation improvements
  Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
  Type of collaboration	Bilateral cooperation
  Finance type	Aid grant
  Aid Type	Project and programme contribution
  Tied/untied aid	Untied aid
  Project number	7F06839