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This section displays content created the partners participating in the Africa Network of Centres of Excellence for Disaster Risk Reduction. It serves as a knowledge hub of NoE members contributions and customized tools, services, products, and training to address disaster risks in Africa. We invite members to contribute their pieces of work to our platform.

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Policies and plans
Windhoek Declaration

The Windhoek declaration sets the direction for the next three years, reinforcing Africa's commitment to reducing disaster risks and building resilience across the continent.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Table-top Exercises (TTX) in Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles
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Indian Ocean countries put their preparedness to the test

From August to October 2024, UNDRR organized three table-top exercises (TTX) in Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
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Documents and publications
Loss and damage in informal urban settlements: Summary report

This report examines the economic and non-economic losses experienced in three major cities: São Paulo (Brazil), Nairobi (Kenya), and Jakarta (Indonesia).

United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
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Documents and publications
Disaster risk profile - Niger

This Country Disaster Risk Profile for Niger presents a comprehensive view of the country's vulnerability to natural and human-induced hazards, particularly floods and droughts.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Photo of a city in Madagascar from the sky with mountains in the background
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CIMA Foundation: Assessment of early warning systems in four Indian Ocean Islands States

Funded by UNDRR, the project aims to improve risk reduction and preparedness, institutionally and operationally, in four Indian Ocean Island states: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles.

CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
Promoting South-South Cooperation: Building Bridges between the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean
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Promoting South-South cooperation: Building bridges between the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean

The Caribbean and the Indian Ocean Island States are among the most disaster-prone regions globally, facing hurricanes, cyclones, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Their size, limited resources, and geographical isolation amplify these challenges.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
Barbados - government
University of the West Indies - St. Augustine, the
Inauguration of Tanzania’s ‘Emergency Operation and Communication Center’ Situation Room
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Inauguration of Tanzania’s ‘Emergency Operation and Communication Center’ Situation Room – a step to advancing ‘Early Warnings for All’

On 14 June, Tanzania celebrated the inauguration of its Emergency Operation and Communication Center (EOCC) Situation Room, which is the first national room to be set up under the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System Programme.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
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Documents and publications
Disaster Risk Reduction Communication and Sensitization Strategy for Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles

This strategy will target children and youth, local communities, and media across Indian Ocean islands with the ultimate aim of ensuring that the concept of disaster risk is taken into consideration at every level of society.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Indian Ocean Commission

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