This is a disaster loss database that allows local authorities, communities, and NGOs to collect disaster information at the local level to feed into an online database.56 It is an initiative of UNISDR, the European Commission and UNDP. It is a collaboration of the Inter-Agency Standing CommitteeTask Team for Preparedness and Resilience and the European Commission. At the global level the United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI) promotes the development of a framework for sharing, processing, applying, and maintaining spatial data sets within an environment of agreed technologies, policies, and standards. For this purpose, the United Nations initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) is setting the agenda for the development of global geospatial information, and monitors the SDI status for all countries.59 Asia-Pacific countries that have their SDI details listed include Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea and Malaysia.