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United Nations Core Values:
Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
Background:
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the co…
14-IMA-UNISDR-31205-R-GENEVA
United Nations Core Values: Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversit
Background:
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ensure synergies among the disaste…
This international interdisciplinary CODATA workshop on Risk Information Management, Risk Models, and Applications
will enable sharing of best practices as well as giving space for discussing methodological as well as practical problems
in Risk Information Management, and modeling from the information systems point of view
for all phases of the disaster…
ABUJA, 15 May 2014 - From school to university education, from early warning to data collection, and from national development plans to community-based participation, Ethiopia has made solid gains in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action, the global agreement on disaster risk reduction adopted in 2005.
Yesterday was a day for sharing HFA experien…
GENEVA, 16 January 2014 – A comprehensive study has outlined the path towards a standardized European approach to systematically record and manage disaster loss databases.
The report, titled ‘Recording Disaster Losses: Recommendations for a European approach’, is in response to the European Union’s desire to find a mechanism to record systematically di…
Deadline: Tuesday, 1 July, 2014
The School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) at Tsinghua University and the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and are pleased to offer the Professional Course on Disaster Management in Asia and the Pacific in Beijing.
The programme will be led by leading Chinese and interna…
Experts from international institutions across the globe will share their experiences working in space technology for disaster mitigation, an increasingly critical field. The centre is jointly sponsored by TWAS and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and hosted by the CAS Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth.
Topics
Introduction of Space…
Join GIS experts across the United Nations system, NGOs, NPOs, and supporting organizations around the world at the 2014 GIS for the United Nations Conference. See how geography enables organizations worldwide to more effectively develop programs, monitor and evaluate activities, target aid and connect with other organizations using GIS to transform our…
COURSE OVERVIEW:
Rapid population growth and urbanization combined with extreme climatic events are causing a rapid increase in vulnerability of communities exposed to hazardous events. As a result, disasters are increasingly taking heavy toll of life and property. Unplanned growth both in urban and non-urban areas calls for an adequate preparation to r…
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is seeking to hire a short tem consultant as Information Management in Emergencies Specialist with experience in training delivery to prepare learning materials for and serve as the lead facilitator of the Information Management Course that will be conducted for Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) staff in R…
Background Information - About IRDR
Over recent decades, our knowledge and understanding of natural hazards has grown greatly. Scientists can more accurately characterise the possible magnitude of hazard events and can better estimate the probability of their occurrence at specific magnitudes, especially for weather-related events. Far more is now know…
Save the Children is the world’s independent children’s charity. We have made enormous progress for children in the last few years and have ambitious targets to build on this momentum.
Save the Children has recently started to develop a UK Emergencies programme, because we know that emergencies affect those living in poverty the most and that children…
Background
The Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices; advocates for UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogu…
Post Level: International Consultant
Languages Required: English
Starting Date: 15 October 2014
Expected Duration of Assignment: 70 working days spread over 6 months period
Background
The Nairobi-based Centre is one of the six UNDP Global Policy Centres. The Centre is responsible for supporting sustainable and inclusive development in the drylands, in…
SDP/063/VGRPC/2014
Antecedentes Internacionales:
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas tiene presencia en Venezuela desde 1954 a través del Programa Ampliado de las Naciones Unidas para la Asistencia Técnica, alianza que a partir de 1971 y por invitación del Gobierno nacional, se convirtió en el Programa de la Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD…