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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…
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…
A two-day national training workshop hosted by UNDP’s Global Risk Identification Programme (GRIP) in disaster risk assessment took place earlier this week in Swaziland.
“UNDP is committed to help government achieve some of her goals and disaster reduction is one of the areas we are committed to working with government in,” said UNDP deputy representati…
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 t…
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…
“Earth observation system is widely used during disasters and has been seen quite useful, so its promotion is the need of the hour and this satellite will be one of the best resources for understanding big natural disasters as we are very vulnerable to GLOF (glacial lake outburst) and big floods and landslides,” said Basanta Shrestha of ICIMOD.
On the occasion of the International Women's Day the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) highlights womens' roles in delivering projects before, during and after disasters in Haiti and Chad.
The purpose of this document is to reaffirm the main elements of the African common position on climate change. As part of the gaps, challenges and recommendations relating to adaptation, mitigation and supporting and enabling measures, it points out that the components of disaster risk reduction are not all integrated in most public adaptation projects…
This publication is a collection of contributions from presentations given at the International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2008 aimed at underlining the importance of strong links between the risk management community and the public and private sectors. The scope of this book is both to investigate the linkage between disaster risk reductio…
In June of 2010, torrential rains across Ukraine and northern Moldova increased the water level of the Prut and Nistru rivers. The Prut River flooding caused the greatest damage, affecting the western districts of the country. By its magnitude and coverage, this has turned to be the worst flooding in decades. The damage affected nearly 13,000 people, de…
This publication reports on research carried out in six Asian countries: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam and China. It covers a variety of schemes and interventions in these countries, including disaster management lessons from the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, and highlights the need for and nature of resilient social protection systems…
Job purpose
To manage Oxfam's South Caucuses Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Programme covering Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. To develop and build this regional programme and to expand it's donor base.
Reporting lines
Postholder reports to: Country Director (CD), Georgia
Staff reporting to this post: DRR Project Officer, Georgia. (Matrix and task…
Position description
PCI is currently seeking a DRM response specialist for its scope of work under PROSHAR (program for strengthening household access to resources), a USAID Office of Food for Peace (FFP) funded multi-year assistance program (MYAP) being carried out by ACDI/VOCA in partnership with PCI in Bangladesh.
The project’s goal is to reduce…
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…
Prepared for the Government of Bangladesh by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery:
This document is aimed at mainstreaming the methodology for disaster damage and loss assessment (DaLA). It provides indispensable reference material for training programs to build institutional capacity for damage and loss assessments at the national,…