Capacity development

The process of developing technical skills and institutional capability to effectively reduce disaster risk and build disaster resilience.

Latest Capacity development additions in the Knowledge Base

Documents and publications

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

Educational materials

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

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'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....
University of Cape Town
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"Disasters in any form bring so much suffering and disorder to our people" said Abdul Jalil Basiri, Afghanistan Red Crescent, "we have to come together to reduce their impact on human lives"....
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Documents and publications

The objective of these guidelines is to provide the necessary concept and know-how to the communities and local construction workers for earthquake resistant construction of non-engineered rural and suburban houses using locally available materials in

Documents and publications

The purpose of this bilingual publication (French and English), conceived within the framework of the partnership between the Relay for Participatory Urban Development – Third World Environment and Development (ENDA RUP), a nongovernmental organization

Documents and publications

The purpose of this workbook is to facilitate the capacity building of local government officials on community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) in PDRSEA target countries including Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. It is

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The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology will provide relevant agencies with space-based technology to mitigate disasters and environmental problems....
Daily Trust, Media Trust

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