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This is your online notice board to stay informed and engage with the global disaster risk reduction (DRR) community. Here we share important professional opportunities, calls to action, and collaborative possibilities for professionals, organisations, 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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Host an event to showcase DRR projects where international cooperation played a role. Share your event via PreventionWeb to feature it on the International Day site.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
African Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge
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Young people worldwide are leading the way, demanding climate action. Whether in communities, in their places of study or directly lobbying politicians and businesses, they are fighting for their futures. The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the

African Development Bank
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This initiative aims to engage with youth living in the regions around the Indian Ocean to share their creative thoughts, ideas, concepts, and/or activities related to tsunami awareness.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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The Regional Office of Arab States of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Arab Advisory Group for Science and Technology are launching a survey entitled "the status of science and technology to reduce disaster risk in Arab

Arab Science and Technology Advisory Group for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Call for papers
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1. Background The 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on all aspects of human activity across the face of the planet. As with most events that cause disruption, it is those people with the greatest vulnerabilities such

National Agency for Disaster Management (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana)
Australia - government
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BANGKOK, Thailand – Asian Disaster Preparedness Center opens the Call for Proposals on Climate Innovation Challenge (CIC) to crowdsource innovative and disruptive technology solutions to build climate resilience across the South Asia Region (SAR). The

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
World Bank, the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Opportunities

This MOOC is a free and flexible training for everyone who wants to enhance their capabilities regarding the use of geospatial and Earth observation technologies in DRM.

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific
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The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure has launched the CDRI Fellowship Programme to promote research and innovation on disaster resilient infrastructure.

Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
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The National Institute of Disaster Management, India, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) India are together launching “the MEGP Initiative.”

World Food Programme (WFP)
National Institute of Disaster Management (India)
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Opportunities

Applicants have until 15 July, 2021 to submit abstracts of case studies providing local evidence on climate change loss and damage in developing countries.

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)