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Announcements from and for the global disaster risk reduction community.

This is your space to stay informed and engage with the global disaster risk reduction (DRR) community. Here, we share important updates, calls to action, and collaborative opportunities for professionals, organizations, and experts dedicated to reducing disaster risks.

Whether you're contributing insights, participating in events, or submitting your own initiatives, your involvement is key to driving meaningful progress in DRR. Explore opportunities to connect, learn, and take action to help build a more resilient world.

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Call for best practices and experiences in integrating gender in disaster risk reduction: Gender in disaster risk reduction / Convocatoria de buenas practicas y experiencias de integración del tema de género en la reducción de riesgo de desastres

Esta convocatoria está destinada a representantes de agencias de gobierno, organizaciones no gubernamentales, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, comunidades y las agencias de cooperación desde el nivel local, nacional, subregional y regional. La fecha límite para la recepción de propuestas es el 23 de marzo de 2014 a media noche...
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Huairou Commission
Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood
Community Practitioners’ Platform for Resilience
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ESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness: Call for proposals

ESCAP is calling for project proposals to build and enhance tsunami, disaster and climate preparedness capacities, particularly in end-to-end early warning for coastal hazards. Applications are welcome from governments, intergovernmental organizations, UN agencies, funds and programmes, academic institutions or non-governmental organizations...
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
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Call for applications for the 2nd ANDROID Doctoral School in the area of disaster resilience

The call for applications for the 2nd ANDROID Doctoral School in the area of Disaster Resilience is now open. After immensely successful series of doctoral school activities in 2013 the ANDROID network is now announcing the second iteration of its doctoral school to be held in 2014...
ANDROID disaster resilience network
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4th call for abstracts for the 2015 Global Assessment Report

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is issuing a Fourth Call for Abstracts as part of the development of the 2015 Global Assessment Report (GAR15). The GAR15 will be published prior to the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015, in which governments will adopt a successor framework to the Hyogo Framework for Action...
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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ESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness - Call for proposals

ESCAP is calling for project proposals from governments, intergovernmental organizations, UN agencies, funds and programmes, academic institutions and non-governmental organizations to build and enhance tsunami, disaster and climate preparedness capacities, particularly in end-to-end early warning for coastal hazards...
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
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UNISDR launches new video competition

'We invite all participants, youth, students, media, film makers, experts and the general public to participate in the video competition and to see how they view disaster risk reduction issues. Their voice matters to us especially now we are discussing the successor of the Hyogo Framework for Action' said Brigitte Leoni of the UNISDR Asia Pacific office...
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
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Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance call for papers

The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance invites submissions to the next issue of Liaison, a journal focusing on sharing knowledge from applied research to improve disaster management...
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA)
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2nd IRDR conference: Call for abstracts - Deadline extended

The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Programme invites submissions of abstracts from researchers, politicians, practitioners, funding agencies and disaster risk reduction-related organisations for its 2nd Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Conference, 7-9 June 2014...
Integrated Research on Disaster Risk
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GAR15: 2nd call for abstracts - Hyogo Framework for Action thematic review

This second call for abstracts is part of the development of the 2015 Global Assessment Report (GAR15) on research areas 2 and 5: Relevant information on disasters is available and accessible at all levels, to all stakeholders and School curricula, education material and relevant trainings include risk reduction and recovery concepts and practices...
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Call for submission of papers on best practices on climate change adaptation

The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats is inviting political leaders, academics, civil society activists, and other interested individuals to contribute papers on Climate Change Adaptation best practices....
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats

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