Capacity development

For small developing countries like Jamaica and most other Caribbean islands the cost of repairs after natural disasters, which have been compounded by climate change, can negatively impact development....

This report documents the proceedings from a three-day global meeting on the topic 'Rethinking Capacity Development for Disaster Risk Reduction: Action 2005-2015'. The report effectively chronicles the Future Search methodology and process that was

An NGO-run project to help alleviate vulnerabilities caused by natural calamities has been judged as the most effective of its kind in the storm-prone coastal province of Quang Ngai after three years of operation....

'Today it is possible to protect health facilities from such adverse events with current knowledge and a strong commitment and even with limited resources in developing countries such as Fiji' said Joe Singh...

The paper outlines the road to a 1.5 billion, 15 year commitment by the government of British Columbia to school seismic safety. Over the course of a concerted one and a half year public education, media and lobbying campaign, school seismic safety has

The INEE Minimum Standards for Education is intended for education sector personnel, humanitarian responders and development personnel. Through an extensive national, sub-regional and regional and on-line consultation process, the Inter-Agency Network for

A DVD with short cartoon, song and rap about simple preparation for fires and floods.

'The project is urgently needed to reduce Africa's disaster risk profile...which is expected to worsen under future climate change projections,' said DiMP's Dr Ailsa Holloway....