Executive Summary
Introduction
1. Following a global evaluation on Disaster
Risk Reduction (DRR), in 2003 Central Asia became the sixth DIPECHO region
to be targeted by the DIPECHO Programme after Central America, Andean Community,
Caribbean, South Asia and South East Asia. Since 2003 DG ECHO has implemented
four DIPECHO action plans in Central Asia (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
and Turkmenistan), channeling € 15,000,000 to various disaster preparedness
activities.
2. The external evaluation of the first