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Recovery
The restoration, and improvement where appropriate, of facilities, livelihoods and living conditions of disaster-affected communities, including efforts to reduce disaster risk factors.
UNISDR: 'Are we capable of learning the lessons of Haiti?'
1 Feb 2012, UNISDR
'International agencies and donors should increase their efforts to focus the attention of health authorities on credible scenarios of major sudden-onset disasters,' warns PAHO Director, Dr. Periago...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 3.2 [PDF, 116Kb]School curricula , education material and relevant trainings include disaster risk reduction and recovery concepts and practices
- Indicator 4.5 [PDF, 87Kb]Disaster risk reduction measures are integrated into post disaster recovery and rehabilitation processes
- Indicator 5.3 [PDF, 86Kb]Financial reserves and contingency mechanisms are in place to support effective response and recovery when required.
- 41st Regional training course on disaster management23 Jan - 10 Feb 2012, Thailand (Bangkok)
- Community-based disaster risk management01-05 Feb 2012, Nepal (Kathmandu)
- International seminar on role of forests in natural disasters05 Feb 2012, Japan (Sendai, Miyagi)
- Disaster management non-thesis master programITU
- BSc Disaster Management (Hons)Patuakhali Science and Technology Univ, Bangladesh (Dumki, Patuakhali)
- Shelter and settlements in disastersUniversity of Copenhagen
Women leadership in disaster risk management2011, NIRAPAD; Oxfam Intl
Disaster waste management guidelines2011, MSB, Sweden - gov; UNEP; OCHA
- Area coordinatorPakistan (North Sindh, Kamkot), ACTED
- Disaster reduction and recovery specialist, P3Niger (Niamey), BCPR-UNDP
- Head of national society support and knowledge developmentHaiti (Port-au-Prince (Base Camp)), IFRC
External Online Resources
- British Red Cross: Better prepared after the tsunami
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- FAO and emergencies, from prevention to building back better
- GFDRR: Safer homes, safer communities website
- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
- International Recovery Platform (IRP)
- ProVention - reducing risks in recovery
- Recovery Diva blog: long-term recovery issues
- Romanian Red Cross Bacau
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan: disaster reduction - Japan's action
- UN-HABITAT: disaster assessment portal
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