Explanation:

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR)
In November 2016, India and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction had signed a
Statement of Cooperation (SoC) of the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR).
The cooperation aims to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of the SFDRR through
Training and capacity building for Asian countries.
About Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-30
SFDRR is an international Treaty that was approved by UN member states in March 2015 at
the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan.
It is a voluntaryand non-binding treaty which recognizes that the UN member State has
the primary role to reduce disaster risk. It has framework for 15-year i.e. 2015 to 2020.
It calls for sharing the responsibility with other stakeholders including local government, the
private sector and other stakeholders.
It is successor of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005–2015),which had been the most
encompassing international accord on disaster risk reduction.
It sets of common standards, a comprehensive framework with achievable targets, and a legally-based instrument for disaster risk reduction.
It calls for adopting integrated and inclusive institutional measures for preventing
vulnerability to disaster, increase preparedness for response and recovery and strengthen resilience.
Four specific priorities of Sendai Framework:
Understanding disaster risk
Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk
Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience
Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation