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The institutional structures and processes that drive decision-making and management of DRR programs at regional, national and local level. This theme also includes institutions, legislations, policies and coordination mechanisms such as regional and national platforms.

UN Member States are exploring a legally binding instrument to better protect people before, during, and after disasters.

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Teniendo en cuenta lo anteriormente expuesto y en el marco de las acciones que en la Subregión Andina se emprenden para hacer frente a la problemática del manejo de productos químicos peligrosos y material radiactivo, este documento promueven

European Commission
Comité Andino para la Prevención y Atención de Desastres
Update

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction tells AlertNet, 'I think one has to use these opportunities...to actually look at questions like do you have to move people out of the buildings and what are the alternatives...'

Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
Documents and publications

The subject of disaster reduction was specifically addressed and is discussed in a dedicated chapter of this report from the twelfth Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). The session was convened 7-12 June 2008

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Kenya - government
Documents and publications

This paper presents Care policy position on adaptation.

Climate change presents a profound threat to CARE’s vision of a world where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. The world’s poorest people are the most vulnerable to

CARE International
Policies and plans
Policy type
National policies and plans

The Bangladesh corporate plan has been developed to serve as a key management tool to guide the efforts of Ministry of food and disaster management. The plan provides direction on the Ministry's priorities for 2005-2009 and defines the allocation of

Ministry of Food and Disaster Management
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La vulnerabilità dell'ospedale San Salvatore all'Aquila, un edificio costruito 15 anni fa, dopo il terremoto del 6 aprile nella regione abruzzese non è passata inosservata all'UNISDR...

La Repubblica
photo by Flickr user Ed Yourdon, creative commons attribution-share alike 2.0 generic
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Cairo - Arab and Islamic nations discuss preparations to reduce the risk of disaster in the initial meeting of the newly established Disaster Risk Reduction Center...

Arab News
Documents and publications

As one of the five objectives of this strategy, IDB focuses on the institutional management for natural disaster prevention, considering that the development challenge facing Nicaragua is to build the country’s capacity for environmental sustainability

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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