Africa's launch of a global drive to apply the new Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year international roadmap that seeks to make the world safer from natural and man-made hazards, will bring together representatives from over 40 governments, Africa's Regional Economic Communities, the African Union, the UN and other international organizations. The goal of the meeting is to align Africa's existing programmes with the Sendai Framework, making it the first intergovernmental meeting to put the Framework into action since its adoption in March 2015 at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.  

dates: 21-23 July 2015  
location: Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon  
contact: UNISDR Secretariat  
phone: +41 229178907 8  
fax: +41 227339531  
e-mail: isdr@un.org  
www: http://www.unisdr.org/archive/45168