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Documents and publications

In Spanish:

Esta edición ofrece la nueva publicación de la OPS Costa Rica sobre el terremoto de Nicoya ocurrido en 2012 y las de COOPI Guatemala sobre discapacidad y planes de emergencia para hoteles; además de una noticia sobre la producción de

Documents and publications

In Spanish:

El propósito de este documento es doble: por un lado, consolidar las principales lecciones aprendidas y aquellas que todavía no se han aprendido del terremoto del 5 de septiembre de 2012 en Costa Rica, conocido como el terremoto de Nicoya

Policies and plans

In Spanish:

Entre los días 13 y 14 de enero del 2014 se llevó a cabo la X Conferencia Municipal sobre Gestión de Riesgos, donde las autoridades locales que se dieron cita se comprometieron a una serie de acuerdos que fueron recogidos en la Declaratoria

Policies and plans

This regulation provides for the organization of government activities in disaster prevention and emergency management, and sets out the functioning and responsibilities of the National Commission for Disaster Prevention and Emergency Assistance as

Policies and plans

This declaration maintains the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) as a body for consultation, concerted action, co-operation while stressing the relevance of its work in the domains of trade, sustainable tourism, transport, disaster risk reduction, and

Policies and plans

The Plan of Action of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), agreed upon at the 5th Summit of the Heads of State and/or Government of the Association of Caribbean States, addresses five main themes: (i) sustainable tourism; (ii) trade development and

Documents and publications

ISDR Thematic Platform for Knowledge and Education 2012:

This desk review revisits existing reports about all aspects of school safety, gathered from 81 countries, and refers to the key advocacy and guidance documents for school safety of the past 7

Documents and publications

In Spanish:

El manual se estructura en nueve apartados en los que se identifican en los objetivos, los fundamentos teóricos y la metodología empleada y se describen las buenas prácticas de identificación del riesgo y cómo reducirlo: del 1 al 3

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