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This document presents the objectives, structure and phases of the plan, and provides safety checklists for national, regional and local major development projects. It discusses the implementation of improved disaster information and communication system and a plan for people participation and enhanced public awareness to disaster risks, particularly ea…
The purpose of this green paper is to launch the debate on options for a European Union (EU) approach to forest protection and information in the framework of the EU Forest Action Plan, as announced by the Commission in the White Paper "Adapting to Climate Change: towards a European Framework for action," which emphasized the need of mainstreaming adapt…
The objectives of the strategy are: Following is a list of goals designed to be fulfilled within a year time: 1. Raise awareness level of disaster counter and preparedness among Egyptian society’s different strata on a scale of (10%: 90%) in nine months period. 2. Change attitudes towards disasters preparedness, from the negative attitude to the neutr…
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A declaration by the Mayors and Local Government representatives together with National Government Officials emphasizing the importance of reducing disaster risk in Arab cities, in which the participants of the First Arab conference for disaster risk reduction recognize the vulnerability Arab cities and towns to disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes,…
This document is intended for the growing community of Chief Resilience Officers and 100RC partners from the private, public and NGO sectors who have recognized the key role that nature and natural infrastructure play in resilience building and are determined to take concrete steps to influence decision-making and mainstream nature-based solutions in th…
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The Guide for Governments is a tool to assist national authorities in becoming familiar with humanitarian partners, the United Nations system, donors, and other agencies at various levels of aggregation and disaggregation and with their various roles and responsibilities and available tools in the event of a disaster, that will play an important role in…
The preparation of this Local Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-2013 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.The progress report mainly assesses the trans-boundary issues and the status and progress in the implementation of disast…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR Partnership. The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establi…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership. The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establi…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners. The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establi…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners. The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establi…
UNDRR report published to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, 2020, confirms how extreme weather events have come to dominate the disaster landscape in the 21st century. The statistics in this report are from the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Di…
This document introduces UNCRD’s project “Reducing Vulnerability of School Children to Earthquakes” in Asia-Pacific region and presents educational guidelines and practices on earthquake preparedness and disaster management carried out in Fiji, India, Indonesia and Uzbekistan. It describes teacher’s guides and handbooks, and student workbooks that have…
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In French: Ce document présente les réalisations de l’approche de la Direction Générale de la Protection Civile (DGPC) Malienne en matière de gestion des urgences et catastrophes en 2012, 3 années après la mise en œuvre du projet PRECARICA viant à renforcer les capacités de la DGPC, des structures étatiques et des collectivités locales à mieux préven…
These methodological notes propose a number of climate risk management (CRM) indicators. These include 8 national level indicators relating to: integration/mainstreaming, coordination, budgeting, knowledge, use of climate information, planning under uncertainty, participation and awareness among stakeholders. The methodological notes provide detailed g…

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