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Capacity development

The process of developing technical skills and institutional capability to effectively reduce disaster risk and build disaster resilience. Capacity development involves learning and various types of training, but also continuous efforts to develop institutions, political awareness, financial resources, technology systems and the wider enabling environment. Training and capacity building is a key disaster risk management activity.

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Building energy resilience by understanding nuances of power outages across the US

UConn research gives insights into regional weather differences that complicate grid resilience.

University of Connecticut
Reginald Worrell of Stematic speaking at a workshop
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From reactive to resilient: How Steamatic, a Barbados-based company, strengthened business continuity with UNDRR support

Barbados-based company Steamatic ran on experience, commitment and ingenuity, but lacked a formal business continuity plan in the face of disasters - until joining the UNDRR–BCCI project to strengthen disaster resilience for SMEs.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry
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Preparing disaster preparedness in Seychelles

This DTS training equipped local stakeholders with the knowledge and skills to effectively utilise the DTS Model, Delta Resilience, marking a critical step forward in strengthening Seychelles’ ability to understand, track, and respond to disasters.

Division of Risk and Disaster Management, Environment Department, Ministry of Environment & Energy (Seychelles)
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Planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of FSM’s climate change adaptation actions need improvement

The Office of the National Public Auditor in the Federated States of Micronesia concluded that the country’s planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of climate change adaptation actions require significant improvement.

Micronesia, Federated States of - government
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South Eastern Railway deploys flood warning camera technology to improve resilience at five high-risk locations

New systems will help the integrated railway to make faster and more informed decisions to help keep trains moving safely and reliably.

South East European Cooperation Process
People gathered in the INGD CENOE room listening to a presentation by one of the situation room's technicians
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Ethiopia and South Sudan learn from Mozambique’s early warning systems

In December 2025, a study tour organized by UNDRR enabled delegations from Ethiopia and South Sudan to learn from Mozambique’s experience in establishing and operationalizing the National Multi-Hazard Early Warning Situation Room at the INGD.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
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Building capacities for the next generation of tsunami and coastal-hazard warning systems

In 2025, the IOC Tsunami Ready Programme marked significant progress in strengthening coastal-hazard preparedness worldwide.

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)
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Mélanie Raphaël
Playing seriously: Stop Disasters! Adapt our cities to climate change
Stop Disasters is an excellent tool to understand the challenges of natural hazard adaptation and sustainable development. Raising awareness contributes to better preparedness for hazards and encourages reflection on land use planning.
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