Managing disaster risk by increasing local capacity and resilience and reducing vulnerability to natural hazards. The approach engages the local community in managing local disaster risk often with the collaboration of external actors from civil society, local government and the private sector.
20 May 2013, UNICEF UK
'This 2013 follow-up session will focus on how risks for children can be reduced in practice and the role children can play. It will offer concrete recommendations for the post-2015 DRR policy framework, as the Hyogo Framework expires in 2015'...
Guía para análisis de amenazas, vulnerabilidades y capacidades 'AVC' con la participación de niñas, niños y adolescentes para el contexto urbano2013, CRIC; Plan Intl; UNDP Ecuador
Working with the community: conducting participatory action research - a handbook for facilitators in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands2012, CRF; RCS Solomon Islands; RCS Vanuatu
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