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To enhance Disaster Risk Reduction in the region to impact on safety, security and sustainable development.

To strengthen disaster management capabilities through enhanced regional mechanisms and cooperation for sustainable development.

The Regional Disaster Management Center of Excellence (RDMCOE) was established in August 2005, following the resolution of the Ministers representing the region in a meeting held in Addis Ababa in 2003.

The Center is established under an International Treaty which was entered into by the Participating countries represented in 2005 in conformity to the Vienna Convention on treaties, 1969.

The organization is primarily funded by the Participating Countries, then Partners and Donors through a biannual budget which is prepared in accordance with a five year work plan and covers all activities, income and expenditure of the Center, for the financial period to which they relate. The budget is designated in United States Dollars.

The support of the United States government as an anchor Partner is invaluable.