SE12: Engaging the Community - Volunteerism and Disaster Management
- ID: SE12
- Date & Time: Wednesday 11 May (12:45 - 13:45)
- Room: C-CCV
- Participation: Open
- Organizer: Organized by United Nations Volunteers
Description
Panellists will demonstrate how community volunteers can be better integrated into disaster management planning. Participants will hear from a national agency that has enacted strategies to systematically engage volunteers in national risk reduction and recovery efforts as well as from civil society organizations who train and coordinate volunteers for community-based disaster response and recovery. The panel will discuss programmes, provide concrete recommendations, and generate discussion on how to integrate volunteers at the national and local level to ensure an effective disaster management strategy.
Background Papers
> Biography of Mr. Ronal Jackson, ODPEM [DOC, 24.00 Kb]
> Biography Mr. Umesh Dhakal, Nepal Red Cross Society [DOCX, 14.18 Kb]
Presentations
> Engaging the Community: Volunteerism and Disaster Management in Nepal [PPT, 1.65 Mb]
> Engaging the Community: Volunteerism and Disaster Management, Jamaica [PPTX, 3.16 Mb]
> Volunteerism and Disaster Risk Reduction: United Nations Volunteers [PPT, 8.40 Mb]
Report