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Today, Serbia became the first country in the pan-European region to launch a National Policy Dialogue (NPD) on Industrial Safety, supported by UNECE in the framework of the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
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The objective of this research was to examine the capacity development of local self-governments in the field of disaster risk management (DRM).
The impacts of disaster risk on sovereign asset and liability management
This report discusses how Implicit contingent liabilities, such as those generated by natural disasters, are often not quantified in the government balance sheet.
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The present paper proposes a methodology for the allocation of large-scale nature-based solutions using suitability mapping.
Zdravko Maksimović, City of Kraljevo
Following two disasters, the city of Kraljevo, Serbia established a new disaster risk reduction framework, calling for the local community to take a more active role.
18 cities and municipalities in the West Morava basin, prone to the risk of floods, earthquakes and landslides, signed the Agreement on inter-municipal cooperation
United Nations Development Programme - Serbia

This study contributes to the implementation of adaptation policies at subnational levels by development of a decision-support model for local-level management of the climate change adaptation process. The study explores the potential for synergetic

The aim of the research is the examination of the factors influencing the public perception of climate change and its impact on natural disasters. This paper presents the results of quantitative research regarding testing the central hypothesis where


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