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- ECHO Daily flash of 01/11/2017

Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – the five republics of Central Asia – are particularly exposed to natural disasters such as landslides, avalanches, floods, earthquakes, droughts and melting glaciers. These disasters not only cause considerable loss of life and misery but also destroy homes and livelihoods and constitute a brake on development.
Recently, small-scale support was provided on several occasions in response to natural disasters across the region: the avalanches and mudflows in Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Region (GBAR) and Rasht Valley Tajikistan in July 2015; the earthquakes in Osh, Kyrgyzstan (October 2015) and in GBAR, Tajikistan (December 2015); and the floods in Rudaki and Penjikent districts of Sughd Region in Tajikistan in May 2016.
Since 2003, the European Commission has increasingly expanded its disaster preparedness activities in the region under its flagship disaster risk reduction programme, known as DIPECHO. In total, over 110 projects have been funded, for a total of approximately €47million. The priority targets are those who live in areas highly vulnerable to natural hazards, such as the communities along the Tien Shan and Pamir mountain chains of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. DIPECHO’s tenth action plan for Central Asia (2017-2018) encourages partners to demonstrate the replicability of previous and successful community-based disaster risk reduction models in order to share best practices.

http://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/aid/countries/factsheets/casc_en.pdf