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Displaying 15 of about 296 resultsNEW YORK, 1 November 2013 – Exactly a year ago, Sandy proved to be the most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, severely impacting lives and economies in seven countries.
For the United States, it was the second-costliest hurricane in its history and affected the entire eastern seaboard, causing an alarming economic bill of up…
Essential Functions
The OPDR Program Specialist will work collaboratively with other OPDR and CSC staff to conduct a variety of professional planning duties related to comprehensive community, regional and statewide natural hazard and emergency management planning. The OPDR Program Specialist will provide planning support to the OPDR Pre-Disaster Mitig…
Background
Oxfam America is committed to creating lasting solutions to hunger, poverty and social injustice through long-term ties with poor communities around the world, and seeks to engage public sector and private industry leaders to commit to high standards for the protection of rights in the public and private spheres in accordance with our strate…
Job Summary
While Compassion International does not intend to become a disaster relief organization, these events continue to negatively impact the lives of our beneficiaries. The Senior Program Disaster Risk Reduction & Response (DRR & R) Specialist leads the identification, development, rollout and implementation support of Compassion Interna…
Description
This individual will be responsible for: 1) increasing Red Cross organizational capacity to effectively communicate with New Jersey policymakers about disaster preparedness and response needs and 2) improving state and local policymaker understanding of disaster preparedness and response issues affecting their communities.
Key Responsibilit…
Background
Tetra Tech ARD (www.ardinc.com) is currently accepting expressions of interest from potential Technical Operations Manager candidates interested in participating in Tetra Tech ARD’s submission for the upcoming USAID-funded global Food Security Early Warning Systems (FEWS NET) program. This high profile, large, complex and longstanding U.S. go…
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Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Its activities encompass humanitarian response, development work, and campaigning to change the global policies and practices that keep people in poverty.
Primary responsibilities
- Provide technical supp…
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UNDP’s Environment and Energy Group (EEG) is based in the Bureau for Development Policy and is responsible for providing leadership and technical support to delivery of the Environment and Sustainable Development pillar of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. Its main focus is on helping countries develop the capacity to fully incorporate environmental su…
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The Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) is the office within USAID that is responsible for providing emergency non-food humanitarian assistance in response to international crises and disasters. OFDA is part of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) and is organized into three divisions.
The Di…
As part of the Foundation's global effort to help communities everywhere build resilience to chronic shocks and acute stresses, so that they are prepared for whatever comes their way, the National Disaster Resilience Competition Summit represents a unique opportunity for senior representative from each of the 67 eligible jurisdictions to engage with cab…
The Global Conference on Disaster Management is the premier event addressing issues common to all aspects of disaster and emergency preparedness and disaster management in the world. GCDM includes a variety of insightful and knowledgeable speakers while providing excellent opportunities for training and networking with experts and practitioners in:
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April is Emergency/Disaster Preparedness Month for the State of Washington.
Wednesday, April 25th is the statewide earthquake Drop, Cover & Hold exercise. Whether you’re at school, work or home, everyone is encouraged to join in for the annual earthquake practice of getting under a table, desk or counter top, covering your head and neck, and ho…
Capacity building is critical to disaster preparedness, response and sustainable post-disaster reconstruction programs. Hence, the central aim of this conference is to provide a forum for a critical examination of the efficacy of national strategies for capacity building measures globally with a focus on cross- and multi-disciplinary training efforts, e…
This workshop offers participants the opportunity to compare and to apply leading-edge solutions that will help clients, communities, and regions manage their natural resources during change. These design principles will be viewed from the regional, community, and building scales. They will be applied to actual projects, brought by the participants, and…
Overview
The Third Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS-III) held in Panama City, 12-14 March, 2008 recommended to develop capabilities for modeling tsunami events through holding a Workshop on Community model interface for tsu…