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Displaying 30 of about 79 resultsThis Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Educational Kit (NDRR) in Arabic has been developed with the view to enhancing the coping capabilities of disaster prone communities in the Arab States region as well as the dissemination of the technical knowledge in natural disaster reduction to build the capacities of educational institutions, students, and teache…
Foreign Minister, Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, announced that the Kingdom of Bahrain will sponsor the UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (2009), an international accord to coordinate world effort on disaster risk reduction. A contribution of one million US dollars was made by the Kingdom, for the report to be finalized and lau…
This report aims to contribute to a better understanding of the impact of disasters in the Arab states. The study provides an assessment, interpretation and visualization of ten national disaster loss databases from the region (i.e.: Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen) including damage and loss data f…
This seismic risk profile of Bahrain, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.The profile presents the following relevant information:Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question;Risk indic…
CAIRO, 23 November 2011 – The League of Arab States (LAS) and UNISDR move one step closer to a plan of action on disaster risk reduction for the Arab region. The action plan is expected to be endorsed at the first-ever Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab region planned for 2012.
Holding a series of consultations with disaster risk…
The Regional Office for Arab States of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction secretariat (UNISDR), The World Bank, The League of Arab States and the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport of the League of Arab States, are co-organizing a Regional Workshop on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: "Cha…
The 1st meeting of the Arab Coordination Mechanism for Disaster Risk Reduction and the implementation of Sendai Framework in 2018 will be held on 23-24 January 2018 in Tunis, Tunisia. This meeting is being organized by UNISDR Regional Office for Arab States in close cooperation with Government of Tunisia and the League of Arab States. The focus of this…
Kuwait, 20 June - UNISDR, UNHABITAT and UNDP Kuwait organized a workshop on "Advancing disaster risk reduction and urban strategy in the Gulf States" in collaboration with the Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative (CADRI) and the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISoCaRP). The workshop took place in Kuwait from 14-16 June 2011 an…
How do you resume business after a disruptive event?
Business disruptions affects your organization’s daily performance, and more largely your operating costs and overall profit. Hence a good business continuity plan is highly valuable to a company as it keeps a company running in rough times. So, the question is, how to arrive at the right kind of con…
AASTMT and GFDRR are offering the Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Framework (CDRMF) on-line course for development practitioners, central, state and local government officials, NGO representatives, community leaders and others interested in challenges and issues related to disaster risk reduction and management. The course is offered to participa…
Expert Group Meeting (EGM) organized by UNHABITAT Amman office. The main objective of the EGM is to produce a revised, comprehensive set of indicators to be used as key indicators for Urban Observatories at all levels, by streamlining the available literature on urban indicators through critical overview of several sets of international indicators. The…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.
The progress report assesses current national strategic priorities with regard to the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions, and establi…
According to World Meteorological Organisation, West Asia representative, Jaser Rabadi, Bahrain and the surrounding region could be plagued by natural disasters never faced before.
Mr. Rabadi issued the warning during a workshop on the role of meteorological and hydrological services in disaster risk reduction. The two-day event, organised by Civil Avi…
In a message to mark the World Habitat Day, designated by the United Nations on the first Monday of October every year, and which will be celebrated this year under the theme "Cities and Climate Change", His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa emphasised the need to map out long-term strategies, to be implemented gradually…
According to the Gulf Daily News, Bahrain will design every new construction on its territory to withstand with sea rise level. Sayed Aqa, UN resident coordinator and UNDP resident representative says this is part of the country's commitment to the UN Global Disaster Risk Reduction programme.
"Bahrain is the first Arab country to meet all the requireme…