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Displaying 15 of about 42 resultsWhat can communities do for themselves and how can they maintain basic functions and structures during a disaster and then recover after the event is the focus of the workshop on Communities Resilience During and After Disasters organised by the EU-funded PPRD South Programme in Madrid from 12 to 15 September 2011.
More than 40 experts working in the N…
Curso para proporcionar conocimientos fundamentales y prácticos sobre el uso del manual Esfera en misiones humanitarias.
Metodología
Es una metodología participativa basada en principios de aprendizaje de adultos.
Se utilizarán:
• Estudios de casos
• Presentación participativa con power point
• Lluvias de ideas
• Discusiones estructuradas
• Actividad…
El objetivo del curso es proporcionar conocimientos fundamentales sobre las causas, evolución y factores de los desastres para comprender los fundamentos de la preparación, respuesta y recuperación, así cómo los elementos necesarios para desarrollar una operación de ayuda humanitaria.
Contenido del curso:
- Terminología básica.
- Mitos y realidades: l…
FRIAR 2012 is the third conference in this successful series. The conference started at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London in 2008 and was reconvened at the Lombardy Region in Milano in 2010. Flooding is a global phenomenon that claims numerous lives worldwide each year. In addition, many more people must endure the homelessness, disease and c…
During this lunchtime seminar guest speaker Prof David Sanderson from CENDEP, Oxford Brookes University will address the Hazards Forum based at the University of Oxford. He will discuss his recent work on urban post-disaster recovery in specific relation to the Haiti disaster.
There will also be short presentations on the following disasters currently…
“We were quick with our emergency response, but we will now focus on livelihood and disaster risk reduction programmes as this is important for the long-term recovery of the country,” The director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Martin Dahinden during a recent four-day visit to the region.
The conference will focus its attention on four main issues:
Coordination on the field
Recent international disasters and major crisis show that the number of actors on the field has considerably increased: civil protection authorities, military and private companies have joined the traditional humanitarian community. For this reason the issue of c…
Elevation? Wet floodproofing? Dry floodproofing? Buyout? Acquisition? Relocation? All of these nonstructural / floodproofing techniques, and the policies surrounding them, will be discussed at the 5th National Floodproofing Conference in Sacramento, California, November 28 – December 1, 2011.
The various floodproofing methods, products, techniques, pro…
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami has caused widespread damage to Japan and also political, social and economic impact to the world. This Symposium aims to report the real situation of the GEJET and share the information with European people. Both Japanese and European researchers will discuss ways to build safer and resilient society against…
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United Nations Volunteers Programme
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development. Volunteerism benef…
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CARE International is one of the world’s leading aid agencies, fighting poverty and injustice in over 80 countries around the world and helping 65 million people each year to find routes out of poverty. Our mission is to create lasting change in poor communities and we put money where it is needed most: more than 90 pence in every pound goe…
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Under the direct supervision of the Regional Director for the European Economic Area (EEA), the technical oversight of the Director of the Department of Operations and Emergencies (DOE) in Headquarters (HQ), the successful candidate will be responsible for providing technical support for the development and implementation of IOM’s EU-funded eme…
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The Environment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative is one of the lead regional initiatives that represents a good example of mainstreaming environmental principles into crises prevention programmes and improving regional environmental cooperation and confidence building. The programme focuses on cooperative interventions aimed at improving man…
UNICEF press release by Christopher Tidey
Geneva, Switzerland – Children make up more than half the population in countries predicted to be most affected by climate change and are facing increasing impacts from tumultuous events. It is estimated that as many as 175 million children a year will soon be affected by disasters.
To help make children’s voi…
This journal focuses on the environment and disaster related issues in the Asian region. It provides a forum to communicate research findings, not only through academic research, but also incorporating field based action research. It aims to establish academic linkages of field practices with specific emphasis on environment and disaster management in t…