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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas (UNISDR - AM)
- Organization type:UN & International Organization
General contact information
- URL: http://www.eird.org
- Address: # 142 Arnoldo Cano Ave.,City of Knowledge,Clayton, Ancon
- Postal Code: 0843-03441
- City: Panama City
- Country: Panama
- Telephone: +507 317 1120
- Fax: +507 317 0600
- Email: eird@eird.org
Mission & Disaster Reduction Profile
The UNISDR Regional Unit for the Americas strives to provide support to actors throughout the region, including North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, in fostering a culture of disaster prevention and contributing to build disaster resilient nations and communities.
- Mayor Al's resilience road trip in Central America
7 May 2013 - El Salvador: San Pedro Masahuat avanzando en resilencia - desarrollando ciudades resilientes: '¡Mi ciudad se está preparando!'
2 May 2013 - Americas: Call for local gov DRM experiences / Convocatoria para experiencias sobre GRD entre gobiernos locales
18 Apr 2013 - Colombia gets ready for Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction / Colombia se prepara para la Plataforma Global sobre la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres
1 Feb 2013 - Bolivia: Resilience in harmony with Mother Earth
27 Dec 2012 - Americas urges political support for disaster risk reduction
29 Nov 2012 - Americas meets to review HFA progress
27 Nov 2012 - Reducir el riesgo de desastres: Mirada inmediata de las Américas
27 Nov 2012 - Indigenous people threatened by Mexico's worst drought in 70 years
14 Aug 2012 - Cities campaign expands in Dominican Republic
23 Jul 2012 - Call for the identification and systematization of relevant experiences on risk reduction in the Americas
19 Jul 2012 - Rio’s call to action on disaster risk reduction
22 Jun 2012 - Rio +20: Top scientist appeals for better communication of risk
21 Jun 2012 - Private sector plea for resilience at Rio+20
19 Jun 2012 - Parliamentarians focus on risk reduction at Rio
18 Jun 2012 - Caribbean islands earn hurricane insurance rebate
15 Jun 2012 - Inclusive dialogue key to Rio+20 outcome
14 Jun 2012 - Caribbean urged to prepare for a tsunami
8 Jun 2012 - Peru launches cities campaign
25 May 2012 - 'Central America cannot continue to rebuild disaster risk'
11 May 2012 - Americans report feeling impact of climate change
25 Apr 2012 - Chile’s local leaders empowered to act on risk
4 Apr 2012 - UNISDR urges Mexican mayors to join cities campaign
1 Mar 2012 - Chile still living with quake effects
27 Feb 2012 - Panama Canal expert joins regional fight for risk reduction
9 Feb 2012 - Caribbean efforts to be 'a carbon neutral destination'
25 Jan 2012 - Six Brazilian cities sign up to make their cities resilient
18 Apr 2011 - Local governments in El Salvador focus their efforts on DRR
24 Nov 2010 - UN supports Mexico City's efforts to train 10,000 public servants to confront disasters
27 Aug 2010 - Independent assessment on disaster risk reduction in Dominican Republic by UNISDR and partners
19 Jul 2010 - Primera reunión continental de las Américas sobre reducción del riesgo de desastres
14 Mar 2009 - Concurso de fotografía y reportaje escrito de la campaña mundial para la reducción de desastres: “Hospitales seguros”
29 Jan 2009 - Central America and Dominican Republic adopt strategic framework for education on disaster risk reduction
12 May 2008
Statements & Presentations
- South America: a regional view of disaster risk / América del sur: una visión regional de la situación de riesgo de desastres
2013 - Taller regional de planificación DIPECHO Centroamérica 2012-2013
2012 - Disaster risk reduction in the Americas in 2011: UNISDR regional office for the Americas annual report 2011
2012 - Latin American forum on disaster risk reduction in higher education / Foro Latinoamericano de reducción del riesgo de desastre en la educación superior
2012 - Communiqué Santiago de Chile: Investing in resilience, accelerating the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the Americas
2012 - Country document for Bolivia, 2012 / Documento de país DIPECHO, Bolivia 2012
2012 - Country document for Dominican Republic, 2012 / Documento de país DIPECHO, República Dominicana 2012
2012 - Common format for submission of country documents / Formato común para la presentación de los documentos país
2012 - Country profile Saint Lucia, DIPECHO 2012
2012 - Criteria for prioritizing actions for disaster risk reduction at the national level in Latin America and the Caribbean / Criterios para la priorización de acciones de reducción del riesgo de desastres a nivel nacional en América Latina y el Caribe
2012 - Guidelines for the application of criteria for prioritizing programmatic actions for disaster risk reduction / Guía para la aplicación de criterios para la priorización de acciones programáticas de reducción del riesgo de desastres
2012 - Linkages between population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risks: a regional vision of Latin America / Vínculos entre las dinámicas demográficas, los procesos de urbanización y los riesgos de desastres: una visión regional de América Latina
2012 - Dipecho América del Sur 2011-2012: boletín informativo, tercera edición, agosto del 2012
2012 - Dipecho América del Sur 2012: boletín informativo, segunda edición, junio del 2012
2012 - Dipecho América del Sur 2012: boletín informativo, primera edición, abril del 2012
2012 - Informe de Uruguay: diagnóstico del estado de la reducción de desastres
2011 - Lessons learned on risk management in planning and investment processes for development / Lecciones aprendidas de la gestión del riesgo en procesos de planificación e inversión para el desarrollo
2011 - Promoting disaster risk reduction to save lives and reduce its impacts / Impulsando la reducción del riesgo de desastres para salvar vidas y reducir sus impactos
2011 - Communiqué from Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico on lines of action to strengthen disaster risk reduction in the Americas
2011 - Catálogo de herramientas y recursos de información sobre preparativos para desastres en educación
2010 - Diagnóstico de la situación de riesgo de desastres en Chile
2010 - Conclusions and recommendations of the meeting on the institutional framework for disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa
2010 - Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction institutional and policy landscape in Asia and Pacific
2010 - Diagnóstico de la situación de la República Dominicana en cuanto a la reducción de riesgos a desastres
2010 - Disaster reduction in the Americas: ISDR informs, issue 16, 2009
2009 - Urban risk management in Latin America: compendium of articles / La gestión de riesgo urbano en América Latina: recopilación de artículos
2009 - Albergues en esculeas, ¿cuando?, ¿como?, ¿porque?
2008 - El cambio climático y la reducción del riesgo de desastres
2008 - Disaster reduction in the Americas: ISDR informs, issue 15, 2008
2008 - Safe schools in safe territories
2008 - La gestión del riesgo de desastres hoy: contextos globales, herramientas locales
2008 - Guía para el manejo de simulacros de evacuación para una preparación y planeamiento en centros educativos
2007 - ISDR frontline: in contact with our national focal points
2007 - Disaster reduction in the Americas: ISDR informs, issue 14, 2007
2007 - Memoria del taller gestión del riesgo y adaptación al cambio climático en el sector agropecuario en las subregiones Andina y Amazónica, 11 al 13 Setiembre 2007
2007 - Disasters reduction begins in schools: strengthening of local risk and disaster management in the education sector in Central America
2006 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 12, 2006
2006 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 13, 2006
2006 - Challenge in disaster reduction for the water and sanitation sector: improving quality of life by reducing vulnerabilities
2006 - Review of ISDR secretariat’s regional offices: 9-21st August 2004
2005 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 10, 2005
2005 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 11, 2005
2005 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 9, 2004
2004 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 7, 2003
2003 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 8, 2003
2003 - Regional report of the 2002 world disaster reduction campaign in Latin America and the Caribbean: disaster reduction for sustainable mountain development
2002 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 5, 2002
2002 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 6, 2002
2002 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 3, 2001
2001 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 4, 2001
2001 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 1, 2000
2000 - Disaster reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean: ISDR informs, issue 2, 2000
2000 - Huracán Mitch: una mirada a algunas tendencias temáticas para la reducción del riesgo
2000
- Jamaica: 'Making Cities Resilient: My city is getting ready!' campaign launch
07-08 May 2013 - El Salvador refuerza su compromiso con la campaña 'Desarrollando Ciudades Resilientes: Mi ciudad se está preparando' / El Salvador enhancement of the 'Making Cities Resilient: My city is getting ready!' campaign
10 Apr 2013 - Costa Rica lanza su campaña “Desarrollando Ciudades Resilientes: Mi ciudad se está preparando' / Costa Rica launch of the 'Making Cities Resilient: My city is getting ready!' campaign
21 Feb 2013 - Global forum on violence and safety / Foro mundial sobre la violencia y seguridad ciudadana
31 Jan - 01 Feb 2013 - Plataforma regional para la reducción de desastres en las Americas - 2012 / Regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas - 2012
26-28 Nov 2012 - Forum: Women and girls - the visible force of resilience / Foro: Mujeres y niñas - la fuerza visible de la resiliencia
12 Oct 2012 - Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in high mountain ecosystems-at Rio +20
20 Jun 2012 - Regional seminar partnership between public and private sectors for DRM: continuity of government and continuity of operations during disasters
07-08 Jun 2012 - Desarrollando Ciudades Resilientes: Mi ciudad se está preparando (Peru)
24-25 May 2012 - Facilitando el liderazgo de mujeres y forjando sociedades para conducir las demandas de la implementación local del Marco de Acción de Hyogo
03-05 May 2012 - Taller regional de consulta reducción de riesgos a desastres en Centroamérica
06-10 Dec 2011 - International DRR day celebration
12-14 Oct 2011 - Costa Rica launch of the 2011 Global Assesment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
08-09 Aug 2011 - Panama launch of the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
02 Jun 2011 - Washington DC launch of the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
25 May 2011 - National launch of the ' Making cities resilient' campaign, Brazil
14 Apr 2011 - Plataforma regional para la reducción de desastres en las Americas - 2011 / Regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas - 2011
14-17 Mar 2011 - National launch of Making Cities Resilient in Chile: 27 febrero - A un año del desastre… ¿Dónde estamos? Desafíos y compromisos
24-25 Feb 2011 - National launch for El Salvador
23-26 Nov 2010 - II encuentro hemisférico mecanismos y redes para la reducción del riesgo
14-16 Apr 2010 - International Day for Disaster Reduction - Panama City, Panama
14 Oct 2009 - Taller subregional Andino sobre organización y coordinación de sistemas / plataformas nacionales para la gestión del riesgo
21-22 May 2009 - First session of the regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas
17-19 Mar 2009 - Taller regional: Alianzas para asegurar el derecho a la educacion en situaciones de emergencia en Centroamérica
21-22 Jan 2009 - International day for disaster reduction 2008
08 Oct 2008 - Construyendo alianzas para el fortalecimiento del sector educación en reducción de riesgo a desastres
09-11 Sep 2008
- Empieza en la escuela
2007 - Guia para el manejo de primeros: el estrés escolar
2007 - ABC desastres
2007 - World Disaster Reduction Campaign: toolkit
2006 - Reducción de desastres en América latina y el Caribe (no. 12)
2006 - Disaster Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean - Issue 13-2006
2006 - Inter-agency Library on Disaster Reduction
2006 - 2006-2007 world disaster reduction campaign: disaster reduction begins in schools
2006 - Disaster Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean - Issue 11-2005
2005 - Riesgolandia
2004 - Diagnostic of risk and disaster education in Latin America and the Caribbean
2004 - Radionovela: Tiempos de huracanes; guía de apoyo para talleres participativos
2002 - ¿ Quién es usted señor volcán ?
- Juegos y proyectos para ti y tus amigos
- Soap opera days of hurricanes: a guide to support participatory workshops
- Working guide for the elaboration of community risk maps
- Retorts in the heart
- Oficial de Enlace Regional (América del Sur) y Nacional (Ecuador) – proyecto DIPECHO América del Sur 2013-2014 (UNISDR)
22 May 2013 - Oficial Nacional de Enlace Colombia – proyecto DIPECHO América del Sur 2013-2014 (UNISDR)
22 May 2013 - Servicios profesionales de consultoría: Apoyo técnico para el desarrollo de Marcos Nacionales de Recuperación en El Salvador
21 Apr 2013 - Servicios profesionales de consultoría: Apoyo técnico para el desarrollo de Marcos Nacionales de Recuperación en Honduras
21 Apr 2013 - Servicios profesionales de consultoría: Apoyo técnico para el desarrollo de Marcos Nacionales de Recuperación en Nicaragua
21 Apr 2013 - Coordinador del proceso de elaboración del reporte regional de evaluación de vulnerabilidad y riesgo de desastres en Centroamérica (RAR) en el marco de la Política Centroamericana de Gestión Integral del Riesgo (PCGIR) y el Marco de Acción De Hyogo (MAH
20 Apr 2013 - Programme officer, Americas, P3 (temporary position)
26 Mar 2013 - Consultoría en apoyo a la Secretaría para Asuntos de Vulnerabilidad de la Presidencia de la República en coordinación con la Dirección General de Protección Civil de El Salvador para la constitución de la plataforma nacional de RRD
17 Mar 2013 - Consultoria: Apoyo técnico en la implementación de la Campania mundial 2010-2015 Desarrollando Ciudades Resilientes en las Américas
16 Jan 2013 - Consultoría para la evaluación externa del proyecto UNISDR / DIPECHO para América del Sur 2011-2012
5 Dec 2012 - Internship vacancy with UNISDR (Panama)
30 Aug 2012 - Senior programme advisor, P5
21 Apr 2012 - Project coordination and support (consultancy)
12 Aug 2011 - Communication and information manager
17 Jun 2011 - Individual contractor - Panama (covering Peru)
24 Aug 2010 - Programme officer (DRR and climate change adaptation, Americas)
10 Jul 2010 - Head of regional office - the Americas, L-5
19 Apr 2009 - Programme Officer, L-4
22 Sep 2008 - Programme officer, L-3 (public awareness and communications)
15 Jan 2008
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