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Displaying 15 of about 31 resultsIn the morning visitors will be able to watch three simulations (3 minutes) using VR headsets to feel and understand the impact of earthquakes. The VR experience is sponsored by Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc., a company based in Japan with the support of the UNISDR Kobe Office. The VR event will include three virtual scenarios based on the experience of…
Revolving around the central theme of Building Resilience and Adaptation for Sustainable Development, the 3rd WCDM-2017 will involve national and sub-national governments, scientific and technical organizations, academia, professional bodies, industrial sector, civil society, practitioners, media along with UN bodies, multi-lateral and regional org…
The increasing need to protect civilian infrastructure and industrial facilities against unintentional loads arising from accidental impact and explosion events as well as a terrorist attack is reflected in the sustained interest in the SUSI meetings over three decades. While advances have been made over this period, nevertheless many challenges remain,…
The Economic and Social Council is organizing a Special Meeting on “Aftermath of recent hurricanes: Achieving a risk-informed and resilient 2030 Agenda” from 10:00 – 13:00 on 24 October 2017. As the United Nations and the international community step up efforts to assist the affected countries, the ECOSOC Special Meeting aims to highlight the economic,…
India is witnessing growing numbers of urban disasters. Poverty and poor urban management mean that many cities are expanding in an uncontrolled way. This has led to severe social, economic and environmental problems. It is also putting greater numbers of people at risk. For those working with communities, a broader view of risk can help build safer cit…
The Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction in Cities (EVRC) Course has been designed to support the creation of earthquake resilient societies. With experience in providing similar training courses on natural disaster risk reduction at an international level, ADPC provides a model training experience by integrating study materials, audiovisua…
Il Corpo Italiano di San Lazzaro è un’associazione no profit che svolge attività di volontariato nell’ambito della protezione civile ed è parte della Lazarus Union, una ONG internazionale avente status consultivo speciale presso l’ECOSOC delle Nazioni Unite. Il Corpo Italiano di San Lazzaro organizza a Napoli un incontro nell’ambito della Giornata…
After the next significant earthquake and/or tsunami, many sources will disseminate information from a variety of accounts, tools, and services, some of which may contradict other information or confuse the public. This web-based training for the general public and media will cover the two most authoritative sources: the U.S. Geological Survey's Earthqu…
Water borne diseases are major killers in disasters and complex emergencies where large populations are displaced and/or moving or where local water infrastructure has been destroyed by an earthquake, cyclone or bombing. They can turn a disaster into a catastrophe.
Disaster management, mitigation and preparedness are all part of disaster risk reduction…
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This course is designed to bring together key skills to mainstream inclusion into organisations and the wider humanitarian sector. The course builds capacity through building training skills on Sphere and increasing current knowledge on Gender, Age and Disability and supports understanding of ADCAP Minimum Standards for Age and Disabil…
This 4-week postgraduate training course will take place at GFZ Potsdam, Germany from 4-29 September 2017.
The current course programme comprises of introductory and state-of-the-art lectures on the various subjects of earthquake seismology and risk assessment, extensive practical exercises, demonstrations, workshop discussions and scientific excu…
Every year, on February 28th, Romania celebrates the Civil Protection Day. This year, on the occasion of the 84th anniversary, the Petrodava Inspectorate for Emergency Situations of Neamt County will organise an earthquake exercise, aiming at providing information concerning the behaviour that should be adopted during an earthquake and immediately…
Lisbon City Council through Civil Protection Service (CML/SMPC), has continued to invest in the principles defined by the Sendai Framework 2015-2030. It does so with the goal of strengthening its strategic partnerships in the financial, environmental, social, political, cultural, technological, and research domains that have greatly…
More than 6,000 students from six continents have enrolled in the first 7 cohorts offered since June 2014.
Registration for the 8th cohort opens from 16 March to 15 September 2018. Upon registration, students are allowed to study the course until 15 October 2018 at their own pace. There is limited quota for enrolment on a first-come-first-served b…
The San Diego Urban Area Incident Management Team and San Diego Fire-Rescue Department are pleased to announce the 2017 AHIMTA Annual Training & Education Symposium taking place December 2-7, 2017 in beautiful San Diego, California. The symposium will begin with pre-conference sessions December 2nd-4th and be followed by the main conference consisti…