A/HRC/27/57 (c) Programmes or activities deriving from the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Hyogo Framework for Action are implemented with clear linkage to, or within the scope of, existing national development planning processes and other development assistance frameworks and strategies, such as the United Nations Development Assistance Framework and poverty reduction strategy papers. E. Asia-Pacific: regional institutions and mechanisms concerned with humanitarian aid and assistance 36. The Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network was established in 2003. Currently it has 45 NGO members from Asia, which work together through various channels including websites, training programmes, exchange visits and joint field projects. Its mission is to promote coordination, information-sharing and collaboration among NGOs and other stakeholders for effective and efficient disaster reduction and response in the Asia-Pacific region.26 37. The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, established in 1986, is as an independent NGO. It works in a number of countries in Asia deploying disaster risk management information and systems to reduce local, national and regional risk across the Asia-Pacific region. To achieve its aims in disaster risk reduction, it works closely with local, national and regional governments, governmental and non-governmental organizations, donors and development partners.27 F. Europe: regional institutions and mechanisms concerned with humanitarian aid and assistance 38. The Emergency Response Coordination Centre, operated within the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department, was set up in 2013 to support a coordinated and quicker response to disasters both inside and outside Europe, using resources from 31 countries participating in the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism.28 G. Latin America: regional institutions and mechanisms concerned with humanitarian aid and assistance 39. Several intergovernmental bodies have been established in Latin America to strengthen disaster risk reduction as part of action taken to uphold human rights and ensure comprehensive approaches, such as: (a) The Inter-American Network for Disaster Mitigation, within the Organization of American States (OAS), which was set up in response to the need to: (i) Assist OAS member States with the sharing and exchange of information, knowledge and experience on natural hazard risk management; (ii) Strengthen the planning and disaster management activities of OAS in order to respond more effectively to more frequent natural disasters that impact the hemisphere; 26 27 28 12 See www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/contacts/v.php?id=1516. See www.adpc.net/igo/. See http://ec.europa.eu/echo/about/ERC_en.htm.