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Advocacy and awareness raising of disaster risk reduction (DRR) through a proactive approach to reporting news and information on natural hazard risk and vulnerability, and not simply the disaster event.
USA: TRAC report seeks to improve tornado preparedness
2 Feb 2012, UAB
'Our first goal is to save lives. So, the recommendations related to storm shelters and preparedness – the recommendation on how we warn our citizens – will probably be the most important'...
- 41st Regional training course on disaster management23 Jan - 10 Feb 2012, Thailand (Bangkok)
- Emergency management summer institute12-16 Mar 2012, New Zealand (Wellington)
- Training course in disaster risk reduction and sustainable local development 201230 Mar - 14 Dec 2012, Italy (Turin)
- MA programme on sustainable urban governance and peaceUPEACE, Costa Rica (San José)
- Public safety (Emergency Management)EMA, Australia (Victoria)
Vanuatu disaster awareness poster2011, RCS Vanuatu
- Working with the mediaFEMA, United States of America - gov; DHS; U.S Fire Admin, DHS
Cultivating a state of readiness: our response to April 27, 20112012, TRAC, United States of America - gov
Lessons from recent major earthquakes2012, Swiss Re
- Children and young people partners for disaster risk reduction2011, AIDMI
- ID Risques, un podcast radio sur les risques majeurs2011, IDEAL Connaissances; MEDDTL, France - gov
- 100 photos for climate change adaptation2011, IOC; IOM
- Director, programme qualityAfghanistan (Kabul / Roving), Afghanaid
- Disaster management communications manager, Asia PacificThailand (Bangkok), WSPA
- Consultant (web designer – visual design)Virtual, UNISDR
External Online Resources
- Business partnerships with the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
- Caribbean Risk Management Initiative
- CDC: Emergency preparedness and response (USA)
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- Earth journalism toolkit
- Media 21, Geneva: media making the difference
- Swedish Natural Hazards Information System
- Weatherathome
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.