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Task Force on Measuring Extreme Events and Disasters

Contact person: Mr. Michael Nagy

Objectives:
  • Clarify the role of official statistics in providing data related to extreme events and disasters;
  • Identify practical steps how national statistical offices in coordination with national agencies responsible for disaster management can support disaster management and risk reduction;
  • Take into account the relevant issues raised in the context of SDGs and the post-2015 Development Agenda.

Terms of reference (March 2017)
Initial terms of reference (February 2015)