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UNESCO’s General Conference, at its 36th session, proclaimed World Radio Day on 13 February.
Radio is the mass media reaching the widest audience in the world. It is also recognized as a powerful communication tool and a low cost medium. Radio is specifically suited to reach remote communities and vulnerable people: the illiterate, the disabled…
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Since the turn of the century, we have not had as many large and concurring crises as today. While some historical conflict areas are slowly emerging from crises, Syria, Iraq, Libya, the Central African Republic, Nigeria, South Sudan, the Ukraine and other incumbent crises continue to spur human suffering, displace millions of people, destroy in…
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As part of the knowledge transfer endeavour of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), the 4th cohort of a free online course entitled “Public Health Principles in Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response” supported by CUHK and University of Oxford is now open for r…
In December 2015 the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent will take place in Geneva, bringing together States parties to the Geneva Conventions, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, and partner organisations.
Ever since 2003, the International Conference has been a central international forum for assessing and advancing the s…
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The Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Conference is a program that brings together topics of importance to the emergency management and the business communities.
Two organizations joined together in 2013 to co-host the Annual Conference. The Pacific Northwest Preparedness Society (host of the annual EPConference) and the Emergency…
This course, co-convened by the IFRC and the United Nations Development Programme and hosted by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, is directed at senior governmental officials and parliamentarians with responsibility for legislative issues involved in disaster management, as well as senior representatives of National Red Cross and Red Cres…
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Over the past 40 years, Disasters has been the leading journal in disaster studies. At the forefront of research and debates, it has challenged policy and practice concerning catastrophes, complex emergencies and protracted crises around the world. To celebrate this momentous occasion, ODI convenes a one-day conference bringing together sch…
In order to understand disaster risk, especially in large or remote areas, there is a need to visualize and assess vulnerability, as well as to monitor change through indicators, which implies acquiring timely, up-to-date and consistent data. In light of ongoing efforts towards preparedness, it has been demonstrated that technology can improve disaster…
The international agreement to reduce disaster risk – the Hyogo Framework for Action – will be renegotiated through a series of regional meetings in 2014 before a new agreement, the ‘HFA2′, is signed in March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. The successor framework for the Millennium Development Goals will be defined on a similar timeframe. As we edge closer to 2…
AIMS International provides intuitive consultancy services in conflict, post-conflict and fragile environments. We work clients in the developmental, governmental and private sectors guiding them towards their respective goals.
The purpose of AIMS International is to provide a balance between international and local expertise in the best interests of t…
This 6-week e-learning course introduces staff members of (international) development agencies and NGOs to the legal frameworks protecting and governing education in emergencies. Participants will deepen their knowledge about responses afforded by law and the international community to the dangers that emergencies, including natural disasters, complex e…
Climate change is set to play a key role in patterns of human settlement and migration in the future. Altered patterns of drought, storms and sea level rise are already creating new patterns of migration.
This course is intended for anyone wishing to tackle a major global issue.
The course is completely online. You can join the sessions via live strea…
This MOOC teaches you to develop accountable, high-quality and ethical responses to disaster in conflict-affected areas. The E-course is meant primarily for practitioners, but also open to students or otherwise interested people. It stimulates participants to think about humanitarian aid, DRR and disaster response in contexts where conflict is ongoing,…
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The public meeting is organised by the Netherlands Atlantic Youth and study association BASIS. Speakers are Clingendael's Senior Associate Fellow Tom Middendorp and ICCT's Senior Research Fellow Liesbeth van der Heide. Register here.
Climate change is increasingly becoming a security issue
Draught, degradation a…
Why do disasters happen? Why are they not 'natural disasters'? Join Prof Ilan Kelman who explains why those with power and resources make choices, usually forcing vulnerability onto others which then hurts themselves so that disasters happen. This includes the current pandemic and many more from around the world including earthquakes and weather.
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