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The process by which people, organizations and society systematically stimulate and develop their ability over time to achieve social and economic goals, including through improvement of knowledge, skills, systems, and institutions - within a wider social and cultural enabling environment.
Argentina: Jornadas sobre 'Sociedad, comunicación y riesgos'
26 May 2013, Santa Fe Ciudad, Argentina - gov
'La comunicación para la reducción de riesgos de desastres debe basarse en el valor del intercambio de conocimiento, más que en difundir la información. Tenemos que acortar la brecha que existe entre el conocimiento científico y técnico y el conocimiento de la comunidad, convirtiendo el primer lenguaje en uno coloquial, que la población pueda comprender,' dijó Margarita Villalobos de UNISDR...
- Indicator 1.2 [PDF, 110Kb]Dedicated and adequate resources are available to implement disaster risk reduction plans and activities at all administrative levels
- Indicator 3.4 [PDF, 102Kb]Countrywide public awareness strategy exists to stimulate a culture of disaster resilience, with outreach to urban and rural communities
- Indicator 5.1 [PDF, 98Kb]Strong policy, technical and institutional capacities and mechanisms for disaster risk management, with a disaster risk reduction perspective are in place
- Online learning: Climate smart agriculture07 May - 01 Jul 2013, Online
- Building resilient communities: Community-managed disaster risk reduction (Nepal)21-30 May 2013, Nepal (Kathmandu)
- Resilient Cities 2013 - 4th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation31 May - 02 Jun 2013, Germany (Bonn)
- LEAD Europe sustainability leadership programmeLEAD Intl.
- Master of disaster management and risk governanceUni Bonn, Germany (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler)
- MSC Disaster Risk Management & Development StudiesCDRMDS, Nigeria (Port Harcourt)
- Disaster risk reduction adviserUnited Kingdom (London, with up to 90 days overseas travel per year), British Red Cross
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- Action pour la protection des personnes et des biens en Afrique
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- CADRI: UN Disaster Management Training Programme manuals collection
- CAP-NET: Capacity building for integrated water resource management (IWRM)
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- China Risk Net - 中国风险网
- Con los pies en la tierra: a DPAE educational resource on earthquake in Bogotá (in Spanish)
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- NZAID: The Pacific strategy 2007-2015: reducing vulnerability
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- Sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region
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- Women preparing for disasters Bangladesh
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Find or contribute curricular, extra-curricular and public awareness materials on disaster prevention and school safety for primary, secondary, vocational, community-based education and public awareness.
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.