Overall objective of the project is to make Central Asian countries more efficient in the implementation of disaster risk reduction policy and operations through developing capacity at regional, national, and sub-national levels. In Kazakhstan, the project supports creation of sustainable disaster risk reduction mechanisms through formation of Central Asian Center for Disaster Response and Risk Reduction and other related activities. In Kyrgyzstan, the project helps to strengthen capacity of the established disaster preparedness and response coordination mechanism. It will also provide support in establishing a National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction by the Government of Kyrgyzstan. In Tajikistan the overall objective is to identify disaster risk management priorities and streamline them into planning at national and local levels. Activities include support to a National Platform, strengthening the chairmanship of the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence in the REACT network, support to implementation of the National Disaster Risk Management Strategy, implementation of GIS standards, assessment of seismic risk and updating DIPECHO database.