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Information Management
The collection, processing, organization and dissemination of information to support knowledge sharing for disaster risk reduction, including the development common terminology.
GPDRR 2013: A summit to better prevent disasters
22 May 2013, Geneva Intl Cooperation, Switzerland - gov
'Our goal is mainly to sound the alarm, because if no one does anything, we will continue to spend a lot of money for humanitarian aid after the fact, instead of prevention before the fact,' said Neil McFarlane in an interview on the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 2.2 [PDF, 109Kb]Systems are in place to monitor, archive and disseminate data on key hazards and vulnerabilities
- Indicator 3.1 [PDF, 105Kb]Relevant information on disasters is available and accessible at all levels, to all stakeholders (through networks, development of information sharing systems etc)
- Indicator 5.4 [PDF, 88Kb]Procedures are in place to exchange relevant information during hazard events and disasters, and to undertake post-event reviews
- Training for meteorological forecasters13-31 May 2013, Romania
- 6th International i-Rec conference: Sustainable post-disaster reconstruction - From recovery to risk reduction26-30 May 2013, Centro Stefano Franscini Ascona, Switzerland
- Training for meteorological forecasters03-21 Jun 2013, Romania
- Disaster management graduate programITU, Turkey (Istanbul)
- Master of disaster management and risk governanceUni Bonn, Germany (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler)
- PhD in disaster and emergency healthTehran Univ of Med Sciences, Iran, Islamic Rep of (Tehran)
Climate change adaptation in the boardroom2013, NCCARF
Boletín actualidad CRID, abril 20132013, CRID
- BBC World Debate: ‘Prevent or React’2009, BBC
- UNISDR YouTube channel2007, UNISDR
- ProVention Consortium YouTube channelProVention Consortium
External Online Resources
- Biblioteca virtual andina para la prevención y atención de desastres (BiVa-PaD)
- Business partnerships with the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
- Caribbean Risk Management Initiative
- China Risk Net - 中国风险网
- Climate change and African political stability (CCAPS) program
- CRID: El Centro Regional de Información sobre Desastres (in Spanish)
- CRID: Regional Disaster Information Centre Latin America and the Caribbean (in English)
- DARA: Climate vulnerability monitor
- Desinventar: Inventory system of the effects of disasters
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- Earth Knowledge Portal
- eCAPRA: Probabilistic risk assessment
- France: Portail DICRIM - Document d'Information Communal sur les RIsques Majeurs (in French)
- Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)
- Humanitarian early warning system (HEWS): HEWSweb
- iDisaster 2.0: social media and emergency management
- IRI: Climate Predictability Tool (CPT)
- National Disaster Management Authority of India guidelines: multiple hazards, capacity development, information and risk management
- NATural DISasters News
- NICCD blog: Notes on ICTs, climate change and development
- Plataforma regional de información y comunicación para la gestión integral de riesgos
- ProCivibus: A crowdsourcing system for collaborative emergency planning
- Sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region
- Sri Lanka: RiskInfo - disaster risk information platform, risk information for all
- Swedish Natural Hazards Information System
- SWIdget
- Weatherathome
- WMO: severe weather information centre: gale
- Xarokopeio University: disasters.gr (Greece)
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