UNDP Saudi Arabia approached this corporate practice area with the overriding objective of building national capacities for a robust preparedness to mitigate possible impacts of natural disasters. It is recognized that natural disasters, although very limited in the context of Saudi Arabia, have the potential to hamper the progress of human development. For this reason, UNDP is building a partnership with the Government to maintain the institutional capacity of responding to natural disasters at its peak throughout the year. As a country that provides substantial humanitarian assistance to affected communities throughout the globe, Saudi Arabia is also keen on benefiting from the UN vast technical experiences in disaster response tools and services, such as emergency relief through the rapid deployment mechanisms. In this framework, UNDP is drawing on the know-how and technical capabilities of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

4.1 Conflict prevention and peace-building:

- Technical Assistance to the Civil Defense - MoU
The project is heading towards formulation of a comprehensive Results and Resources Framework with the objective of revising bases of partnership between the Civil Defense, the Un Office for Humanitarian Affairs and UNDP.

 Al-Madinah Urban Observatory Network:

Although this project falls under Governance practice area, yet a major output for 2010 is relevant to crisis prevention. With UNDP-support, the project is in the process of commissioning a study on flash floods and their potential impacts on development.

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