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Le plan ORSEC est un plan cadre gouvernemental, permettant d’organiser la réponse en cas de catastrophe de grande ampleur qui dépasse les moyens habituellement misent en place pour y répondre. Il permet d’appuyer le leadership du gouvernement sur l’organisation de cette réponse en clarifiant les rôles et responsabilités de chacun mais auss…
This rapid needs assessment indicates that while gains have been made to make preparedness methods more inclusive, such as the incorporation of inclusion into the training of community volunteers on emergency preparedness, persons with disabilities are still at risk of being left behind in warning and evacuation measures. Inclusive preparedness systems…
By Eugene Whong
The Lao government is embarking on an plan to inspect all 55 dams in the country nearly one year after the collapse of a saddle dam that caused a disaster described as Laos’ worst flooding in decades.
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The government inspection is focusing on the structure, design and technical specification of the dams, while inspectors are also…
This document describes capacity building efforts to implement a Chemical Accident Prevention and Preparedness Programme for Tanzania (CAPP-TZ) based on the Flexible Framework Programme for CAPP developed by UNEP. The National Inception Workshop of the CAPP-TZ project was held in Dar es Salaam on 31 July and 1 August 2013.
The document outli…
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Construction and earthquake expert Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury, urban expert Prof Nazrul Islam, architect and urban planner Iqbal Habib, and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Civil Engineering Department Prof Mehedi Ahmed Ansari attributed the rise in fire incidents to: unplanned urbanization, the violation of building c…
By Tiamkare Thitithamtada, IFRC and Somphon Varasane, Lao Red Cross
A little over six months ago the world watched in horror as a massive dam wall collapsed in Laos.
It was late July 2018 when powerful flash floods caused by the collapse of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower dam hit more than 13,000 people in the southern province of Attapeu, Lao P…
By May Masangkay
New York-based clinical psychologist Judy Kuriansky, a specialist in helping children traumatized by disasters, says the same techniques work for stricken kids wherever they are and that making them feel connected with their counterparts abroad is part of the healing process.
“We’ve used the same exercises and games for children who s…
This paper’s information is drawn on excerpts of literature reviewed about disasters and oil resource from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the United Nations and Uganda, oil and disaster scholarship, media and other sources. The authors note that challenges ahead of Uganda’s disaster risk management (DRM) emanating from its dawning oil e…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
This DRR Tool Kit for Constituent Assembly members is produced jointly by the following organizations, with funding support of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (through DIPECHO V partners–ActionAid with AusAID co-finance, Care Nepal, Handicap International, Mercy Corps, Practical Action and UNDP–BPCR South and South–West Asia), Oxfam…
This document gives an overview of FAO’s work with regard to natural and human-induced disasters in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, together with the lessons learned and experience gained on how to improve disaster response, preparedness, and prevention in these sectors.
Suite aux inondations de cette année au Sénégal, Sud Quotidien questionne la mise en oeuvre du programme national de réduction des risques de catastrophes. Ce programme, qui a été validé en 2011 et qui représente un coût de 4 milliards de francs CFA, devait permettre, entre autres, de maitriser les risques relatifs aux catastrophes et de dévelloper un s…
The Arab region joins the rest of the world in facing an increase in natural hazards. The region is characterized by its harsh environment and has limited resilience to natural hazards events, which results in an increase in the number of natural disasters in the region. These disasters result from a group of factors including the increase in population…
This report provides assessments of the risks posed by uranium mining and milling activities in the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The report provides a technical baseline and common understanding of regional and site-specific issues. It is hoped that this document will serve as a basis for…
Time: 08:00 – 10:00 hrs (New York); 14:00 – 16:00 hrs (Geneva); 19:00 – 21:00 hrs (Bangkok)
The medium of the meeting will be English.
Objectives of the First Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Disaster-related Statistics (IAEG-DRS) are as follows:
To cultivate a common understanding of the objectives, functions and deliverables o…