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UNDP Indonesia's mission is to be an agent for change in the human and social development of Indonesia. The aim is to be a bridge between Indonesia and all donors as well as a trusted partner to all stakeholders. UNDP works in four key areas of development: Democratic Governance, Regional Development and Poverty Reduction, Conflict Preventio…
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The British Red Cross (BRC) helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the Movement), which responds to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies. The Movement consists of 186 National Societies, who have a special status…
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The strongest earthquake in Haiti in more than 200 years, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation on January 12, 2010 at 4.53 p.m. (local time). The earthquake led to approximately 220,000 casualties and more than 300,000 persons injured. The government has also estimated that more than 511,000 people hav…
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The OPDR Program Specialist will work collaboratively with other OPDR and CSC staff to conduct a variety of professional planning duties related to comprehensive community, regional and statewide natural hazard and emergency management planning. The OPDR Program Specialist will provide planning support to the OPDR Pre-Disaster Mitig…
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The Lao PDR is frequently affected by river floods, drought, fires, rodent infestation, flash floods, and storms. These recurrent natural hazards often result in human and economic loses, mainly affecting poor rural communities whose livelihoods depend heavily on agricultural activities. In order for Lao PDR to achieve Millennium Developmen…
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The Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) is the office within USAID that is responsible for providing emergency non-food humanitarian assistance in response to international crises and disasters. OFDA is part of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) and is organized into three divisions.
The Di…
Context of the position:
The humanitarian sector has developed and become increasingly more sophisticated in response to the complexities of disasters and the contexts in which they occur. Correspondingly, we seek to engage ourselves in higher levels of understanding around humanitarian issues affecting people. Disasters are the biggest threat to deve…
The overall objective of the project is to reduce the vulnerability of the beneficiaries to natural and man-made disasters at local, national and regional levels.
The fields of activities of the project will be to raise awareness, build capacity and implement:
- early warning systems
- host nation support
- emergency dispatch centres and to bring…
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UNESCO launched the International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters (IPRED) programme to identify gaps and priorities through the sharing of scientific knowledge in seismology and earthquake engineering. The other main goal is to bolster political will and public awareness to ensure better preparation against earthquakes and to crea…
This publication describes UNEP's engagement in the post-disaster recovery effort following the earthquake in the Sichuan Province, China on 12 May 2008. It outlines the key achievements of UNEP's engagement in the country from 2008 to 2010, which focused primarily on providing high-level expertise and capacity development for the management of the envi…
UN-DESA policy brief no. 28:
This document addresses the challenge of sustainable reconstruction for Haiti following the earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter scale in early January 2010. It targets Haiti's need to rebuild its entire economy in a sustainable manner, to such an extent that it will be more resilient to future shocks and disasters and will be…
Haiti 2010 earthquake response: seismic, geological and building hazards:
This draft for consultation proposes a plan of action following the January 12th 2010 Haiti earthquake with the following objectives: (i) to reduce the vulnerability of nearly 3.0 million people to identified life threatening hazards; (ii) to avoid major disruption to the econom…
Discussion paper of the project:
This publication summarizes the outcomes of a UNESCAP initiative which intended to promote regional partnerships and enhance replicability of good practices conducted in South-East Asia regarding the rehabilitation and reconstruction processes following the tsunami disaster of 26 December 2004, as well as the promotion…
Case study:
This paper advocates for decisions to be made and programmes designed in order to strengthen a community’s capacity to cope with the impact of disasters and to reduce their vulnerability to future hazards and shocks during the early stages of an emergency response after a disaster strikes. It emphasizes awareness of the importance of earth…
Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO of Mercy Corps based in Portland asks the question 'How many lives would have been spared [in Haiti] if proven disaster risk reduction measures had been enacted?'
He adds that the Haitians need to be empowered so as to advocate for protection against future hazards, including effective building codes and appropriate legislation and…