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The present report provides an overview of results achieved by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme during the 2008-2009 biennium, in support of programme countries and United Nations organizations in their efforts towards peace and development, including achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the 2005 Hyogo Framework for Action. It recalls the volunteer contributions in disaster response, reduction and risk management and reports on the work done in disaster risk reduction projects with a focus on strengthening community capacity.

It reports on activities in Indonesia through the ‘safer communities through disaster risk reduction in development’ project, as well as the ‘strengthening volunteer-involving organizations to better support disaster risk reduction strategies and adaptation to climate change at the community level’ in Ecuador highlighting the link between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.