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- Actively contributes to the design and implementation of strategic and operational planning for the agency’s East Asia regional program.
- Works within Oxfam policy, strategy and operational frameworks and ensures compliance with commitments made under agreements with AusAID, ACFID, Sphere, Red Cross and People in Aid.
- Ensures clo…
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The Asia-Pacific region encompasses large areas of high disaster risk. Hazards affecting the region include floods, drought, typhoons and cyclones, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis. The Pacific region has special risks due to the large number of small island states which are particularly vulnerable to typhoons and drought and…
This second Annual Report of UNDP-BCPR, Outlook 2007, provides an overview of how UNDP has continued to increase its efforts to deliver tangible results in preventing crisis and promoting recovery. Since its inception in 2001, the Bureau has sought to promote new ways of doing business--faster, earlier and in riskier situations--to restore the quality o…
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UNDP Indonesia's mission is to be an agent for change in the human and social development of Indonesia. We aim to be a bridge between Indonesia and all donors as well as a trusted partner to all stakeholders. We work in four key areas of development: governance reforms, pro-poor policy reforms, conflict prevention and recovery, and environme…
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UNDP occupies a critical niche within the UN family in the achievement of impact in the field of Crisis Prevention and Recovery (CPR). UNDP seeks to foster a global network in which the causes of natural and man-made social, political, security and economic crises are identified and analyzed and pro-active mechanisms are developed and implem…
2009 Sasakawa award call for nominations now open
Nominations are now open for the 2009 Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction. Nominees should be individuals and institutions from around the world who have contributed to building the resilience of nations and communities to natural hazards through innovative practices and outstanding initiatives. Nomin…
This annual report presents the most comprehensive global assessment of progress to date, based on data provided by a large number of international organizations within and outside the UN system. The aggregate figures in the report provide an overview of regional progress under the eight goals and are a convenient way to track advances over time. The re…
@local.glob, issue no. 3 – year 2006:
The document assists in facilitating and supporting efforts by governments, local authorities, international organizations, and multilateral financial and trade institutions to invest in reducing disaster risk and to promote sustainable development policies that will create better opportunities for all.
This speci…
Heavy precipitation totaling over 450 mm in a three-day period from November 7 to 9, 2009, with a maximum intensity of 355 mm in a five-hour period, caused landslides occurred and rivers to overflow their banks. This heavy precipitation was nearly five times the average precipitation expected for the month of November.
This assessment estimated that t…
The Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop is designed to bring hazards researchers and practitioners from many disciplines together for face-to-face discussions on issues and trends that affect how society deals with hazards and disasters. It provides a dynamic and challenging forum for the diverse opinions and perspectives of the ha…
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UNDP occupies a critical niche within the UN family in the achievement of impact in the field of Crisis Prevention and Recovery (CPR). UNDP seeks to foster a global network in which the causes of natural and man-made social, political, security and economic crises are identified and analyzed and pro-active mechanisms are developed and impleme…
This document captures good practices from the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia/PMI) risk reduction projects.
It was compiled and shared with the national disaster response agency (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana/BNPB) as PMI’s contribution towards the Indonesian government’s Hyogo Framework of Action country report and became an inte…
During the last decade, more than one billion people have been affected by disasters. While natural hazards do not discriminate on the basis of gender, or any other social characteristics, resilience to disasters is affected in important ways and on a large scale by gender.
Gender shapes the disaster experience and the ability to recover. It explains…
Typhoon Ondoy engulfed the Philippines this past weekend, affecting 2.2 million people and killing more than 300 people. According to the latest reports, a total of 686,699 people (135,471 households) reside in 726 evacuation shelters, which are already overcrowded. Because of this overcrowding, many families have been forced to return to their already…
COBRA 2008 - the construction and building research conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors:
This study explores women’s status in post disaster situations and examines the concept of empowerment in response to the need to include women’s contribution to disaster management and to emphasise its importance in building disaster resilie…