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Displaying 105 of about 3698 resultsThis year, the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), the Republic of Gambia will commemorate the IDDR in the Lower River Region in the form of a school forum- basically due to its vulnerability and exposure to hazards such as windstorm and bushfires. One hundred students from two junior high schools will participate in the event.
The childr…
In collaboration with the Embassies of Switzerland and the Netherlands to Lebanon, the UNDP Disaster Risk Management Project at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers will celebrate the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) 2017.
Agenda
10:00 - 11:00
Registration and exhibition
11:00 - 12:00
Opening session
12:00 - 14…
The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies in collaboration with the Warwick Institute for the Science of Cities is organising a workshop to promote the work that is currently being held across different departments of the University on disaster risk reduction.
The workshop will include presentations by academics as well as a tutorial for collabora…
The NAP-Ag Webinar on Integrating Climate Change Risks into Planning and Budgeting will provide an overview of how climate change adaptation can be integrated into national planning and budgeting, with particular reference to the agriculture sectors (crops and livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquacultures). Presenters will share country expe…
Losses due to natural disasters have increased sharply over the last 30 years. What is remarkable, however, is that the gap in insurance protection between uninsured and insured natural catastrophes has been increasing. Lack of financial protection against disasters leads to slow recovery, costly financing of relief and reconstruction, and political man…
Course objectives
Participants of this course will have full understanding of climate change adaptation concepts;
They are able to effectively and meaningfully contribute to the debate on climate change adaptation, either in the policy process and/or in providing knowledge to the policy process.
They will strengthen their positions in these process…
Logistics is at the heart of all emergency operations. It encompasses the movement of goods and equipment, the relocation of disaster-affected people, transfer of casualties and the movement of aid and relief workers and volunteers. Approximately 60 - 70% of funding in each emergency is spent on logistics, highlighting the need for effective and efficie…
This live webinar coincides with the release of the "Resilience Dividend Valuation Model" a new framework to help project managers, government officials, planners and other practitioners quantify resilient-related projects and investments.
The framework was developed through a partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation and the RAND Corporation.
Parti…
Background
Since its creation in 2012, the ARC Agency has been working towards establishing and mainstreaming its operational procedures and in-country work programme with ARC Member States. At the country-level the ARC Secretariat of the ARC Agency supports ARC in-country technical working groups on several technical and political work-streams as they…
Background
African Risk Capacity (ARC) is a Specialised Agency of the African Union . The ARC Agency leads the ARC Group, a development finance institution that provides financial tools and infrastructure to help countries manage natural disaster risk and adapt to climate change. It counts 32 AU countries as members and is supervised by a ministerial l…
Individual consultancy assignment for the review of IGAD disaster risk management strategy document to develop an integrated disaster risk management and climate change adaptation framework.
Request for expressions of interest (re-advertisement)
Consultancy Service for the Review of IGAD DRM Strategy Document to Develop an Integrated Disaster Ri…
Job purpose
Support the work of UNESCO’s Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards Risk Reduction. Contribute to the development, implementation and administration of the Section’s projects and programmes, with a focus on UNESCO Global Geoparks.
Responsibilities
Update and improve the GIS database of the UNESCO Global Geoparks, extract valuable geo…
The Met Office has published a call for concepts for a DFID-funded WISER (Weather & Climate Information Services for Africa) project. The purpose of projects under the Weather and Climate Information for Decision Making Fund is to provide support to organisations who have a regional presence and significant reach to use weather and climate informati…
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their li…
Global Health Fellows Program
Technical Advisor III: Senior HIV Financing Advisor
Health Team, USAID/Zambia
Assignment: Two year fellowship
GHFP-II-P6-247
The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with Global Health Corps, GlobeMed, Management Systems…