UNESCO forms part of a network of UN agencies, inter-governmental groups, and non-governmental or civil society organizations known as the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

Disaster Reduction in the UN System

• International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
• United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE)
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
• United Nations University (UNU)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Other Partners

• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
• International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE)
• International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
• International Consortium on Landslides (ICL)
• ActionAid International
• Council of Europe
• Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
• International Federation and Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
• ProVention Consortium
• Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
• Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
• Centre d'Etude des Risques Géologiques (CERG)
• European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)
• Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction (GADR)
• International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI)
• Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology (ORFEUS)