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Displaying 75 of about 2235 resultsThe Italian NGO Kito Onlus has organized, together with the Rural Health Unit and the Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Office of the Municipality of San Francisco, Camotes Island (Philippines) a three-week training on Health, Hygiene and Prevention, and has targeted, as pilot project, the community of the Island of Tulang Diot, located in the N…
• October 12, 2011: Soft Launching of International Disaster Risk Reduction Day (DRR) Day @ People’s Hall, Provincial Capitol Building, 1:00-5:00 pm
- Participants – Urban Poor Organization - LCSFI, Taysan, Anislag,(Resettlement Site) Daraga, Tabaco, Malilipot, (80 pax)
- Speakers – Representatives from LGU of Legazpi Mr. Pecos Intia and Madam Marlyn Ma…
This document provides for the rules and regulations of act no. 10121, also known as "an act strengthening the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System, providing for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework and institutionalizing the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan, appropriating funds therefor…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Philippines during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as drought, cyclone, earthquake and avalanche, also presents national institutio…
This report summarizes the outcomes of the fourth Nansen Initiative Regional Consultation, which was hosted by the Government of the Philippines in Manila from 15 – 17 October 2014 to discuss “Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Southeast Asia.”
The overall objectives of the Nansen Initiative Southeast Asian Regional Consul…
This report provides a framework for assessing disaster risk management policies in cities. It also presents the results of assessments and locally tailored policy recommendations in five cities of different institutional, geographic, socio-economic and environmental contexts in Southeast Asia. They include Bandung (Indonesia), Bangkok (Thaila…
This study aimed to understand the impact of Typhoon Haiyan on health staff at a personal and work level when the storm hit the Philippines in 2013. The three main aspects reported as influencing staff were accessibility, safety and emotional aspects. Accessibility was a main difficulty, which prevented some staff from reaching the hospit…
This policy brief investigates the concept of adaptive social protection (ASP). It also recommends applicable measures to make the existing social protection (SP) programs in the Philippines become more adaptive.
ASP explores the intersection of SP, climate change adaptation (CCA), and disaster risk reduction (DRR) in addressing poverty and vulner…
A. About Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
ADPC is an intergovernmental regional organization with a vision to reduce disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific by working with governments, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, civil society, private sector, media, and other key stakeholde…
The watershed is a natural ecosystem, defined by its critical resource– water. How soil, water, and plant resources are used in one affect– either positively or negatively– their availability and use in other parts of the watershed.
The course showcases community watershed management as a process of involving local communities and local governance str…
Since December 2012, Project Climate Twin Phoenix, a project implemented by the Climate Change Commission and with support and technical assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Australian Government, has been conducting intensive vulnerability assessment of Iligan and Cagayan De Oro cities and training of local partners a…
Participants will learn the Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) approach which builds people’s capacities to prevent and mitigate the impact of hazards of communities at risk. This is achieved by enhancing individual survivability and community readiness. Building resilient communities means strengthening the foundation of safety and enhan…
This activity aims to upgrade the level of knowledge and skills of participants in building disaster-resilient communities and to develop community-based strategies and programs to increase the knowledge and capacities of local communities in battling their environmental challenges.
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ADB's Managing Water in Asia's River Basins: Charting Progress and Facilitating Investment project aims to support river basin organizations (RBOs) in preparing roadmaps for long-term integrated river basin investment programs. It targets five selected river basins where ADB and other funding agencies will invest in river basin management fo…
The ADPC Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management has been established since 2000. The Committee comprises members of the ADPC Board of Trustees/Advisory Council who are heads of national disaster management systems of countries of the Asian region. The role of the consultative committee is to provide an informal consultative mechanism for…