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Handicap International is an independent international aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups in 60 countries, HI's action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions…
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SIBAT is a Philippine-based NGO enabling poor communities to achieve self-reliance through the use of renewable energy and sustainable agriculture. The organisation is committed to developing and promoting the application of appropriate technologies to support sustainable development in poor communities. SIBAT…
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The Central Bicol University of Agriculture has an extension campus in Pasacao, which focuses on veterinary, agricultural and biology related disciplines as well as education degrees. It is headed by a campus chairman under the direct supervision of the Dean of the Institute of Development Education.
At presen…
Asian Disaster Preparedness is implementing a program that facilitates the integration of tsunami warning in early warning systems of Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam, with funding support from American Red Cross. The programme aims to strengthen multi-hazard warning systems in the countries by:
a) assisting countries to establish early…
Technical advisor for the co-Financing/collaboration agreement between integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in local development planning and decision-making processes project and millennium development goal achievement fund 1656: strengthening the Philippines' institutional capacity to adapt to climate change project.
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Handicap International, a French international non-government organisation working on behalf of persons with disability (PWDs) in over 60 countries worldwide, is currently seeking the following:
Responsibilities:
* Lead the work with local partners in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) to ensure that disability issues are included in their plans and activ…
The Governments of the Philippines and Australia will be implementing a three-year natural hazard and risk assesment project in Greater Metro Manila Area. The project will be based on strong and collaborative partnership between Australian and Philippine technical agencies.
To manage the implementation of the project, AusAID is seeking a Project Coordi…
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The Resource Development Manager will ensure that the Yen Center becomes a productive facility that generates revenue to support programs in Asia and in the Philippines. This requires greater organizational, management, business planning, Public Relations and entrepreneurial skills. As resource development manager, he/she will f…
Established in 1966 and headquartered in Manila, Philippines, ADB's multicultural staff come from over 50 member countries. ADB offers an internationally competitive salary paid in US dollars. Salaries and benefits are generally free of tax except for citizens of some countries, primarily the USA and the Philippines, whose incomes are taxed by their res…
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A Peace Corps Response Volunteer is needed to serve as a Disaster Risk Management Specialist for the Municipality of Laoang’s Disaster Operations Center (DOC). DOC is a local government unit who’s goal is to save lives, protect properties, alleviate needless sufferings and minimize damage from both natural and human-induced hazards by provi…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asserts, "there can be no food security without climate security". This thought is central to this course. It equips participants with working knowledge about climate change and its links to food and livelihood security. It puts emphasis on building and strengthening participants' capacity to facilitate community level c…
As part of a collaborative project between Quezon City (Philippines) and Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI) to develop a local disaster risk reduction and management plan (LDRRMP), a two-day workshop will be organized for hands-on exercise on integration of DRR-CCA in land use planning for Quezon City's technical planners and other technical st…
About seven months after Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) left a trail of devastation in its wake, the Philippines will host the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management from June 4 to 6, 2014. Around 150 senior government officials, scientists, academics, policymakers, industry and business leaders, non-governmental…
Typhoon Pablo hit the provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley in 2012 and caused severe damage. More than a thousand people died, about 210,000 homes were destroyed, and as of April this year, the DSWD reported that 933,416 of those affected remain displaced. Since then, the challenge for these provinces’ local governments has been to make inf…
Local government planners from municipalities hardest hit by Typhoon Pablo such as New Bataan in Compostela Valley and Boston in Davao Oriental will come together in Davao to participate in the “Training on Geospatial Tools for Climate/Disaster Risk Sensitive Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs)”, hosted by the Project Climate Twin Phoenix in collaborat…