This Strategy is conceived as a regional instrument that seeks to contribute from a sectoral perspective to the implementation of the FNS-CELAC Plan, the Regional Action Plan for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework and the corresponding instruments and efforts carried out at a sub-regional level in the framework of SICA, CARICOM, UNASUR, Andean Community and Mercosur.

Therefore, this Strategy seeks to establish a tool to identify and plan collaborative actions among LAC countries and sub-regions and move forward in a coordinated, complementary and coherent manner in support of national and local actions, carried out by counties in order to implement the Sendai Framework. This will be possible if policy benchmarks are developed, regulations and methodologies are standardized, synergies and exchanges are generated, and other relevant regional actions are carried out.

In this Strategy, DRM refers to “the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the strengthening of resilience and reduction of disaster losses”. DRM must therefore be dealt continuously and must be introduced directly into all processes linked to sustainable development