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Displaying 90 of about 314 resultsLos Desastres afectan a la comunidad, a las personas y a los logros de muchos años de trabajo.
Es deseable que San Carlos de Bariloche trabaje para disminuir la posibilidad que un desastre ocurra y para reducir los daños. Esta tarea se denomina Gestión Local para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres y sólo puede ser encarada entre todos, Estado – Munic…
This course introduces the major activities and concepts related to disaster mitigation. It covers components, programs and organizations, and major stakeholders involved in mitigation. Since grassroots community movements are vital to disaster mitigation programs, the course focuses on community-based approaches to mitigation. It also discusses various…
EU countries will be toured over one year period to mark the European Year of Volunteering (EYV). Each stage of the tour in each member country will last for aprox seven days and will provide volunteers with an oportunity to exhibit their work and meet one another, engage with policy makers and the general public.
On February 5, the Civil Protection De…
GIRD 2019 - Giornata Internazionale per la Riduzione dei Disastri is the biggest event on Disaster Risk Reduction in Italy. Organized by the Corpo Italiano di San Lazzaro the high level panel with be a meeting point for institutions, experts of the civil protection sector and citizens.
In the spirit of the United Nations' IDDR, the event GIRD…
Background
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), established in 1986, is a regional non-profit foundation with headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand supporting the advancement of safer communities and sustainable development, through implementing programs that reduce the impact of disasters upon countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific. T…
Purpose
The American Red Cross (ARC) seeks an experienced manager with an extensive background and strong technical skills in Monitoring and Evaluation and Knowledge Management, to lead and oversee the Quality and Learning unit of the Haiti Delegation.
This is a full time position for a minimum of 366 days with the possibility of extension. This is an…
Background
The goal of BCPRs presence in UNDP Regional Service Centers (RSCs) is to ensure substantive advice on crisis prevention and recovery (CPR) issues to all UNDP work streams. Specifically, the BCPR/RSC component provides substantive partnerships support and performs cross-practice integration and coordination functions strengthening BCPR suppor…
Date: 22-23 October, 2022
Venue: HAT Kobe, Chuo-ward, Kobe-city, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Modality: Hybrid Modality of on-site and online participation
About National Conference for Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction (Bosai Kokutai)
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 recognizes the importance of self-help and mutual support (al…
A dos años del 19s, ante el cambio de administración en la ciudad y los cambios en la política pública frente a la reconstrucción (aún pendiente), presentamos la actualización del Manual para para la reconstrucción con dignidad.
“Prepararnos ante el riesgo” nos habla de las obligaciones, hábitos y consideraciones para reconocer y reducir el riesgo en l…
This document includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 global targets, and describes itself as a transformative plan of action for people, planet and prosperity that all countries and all stakeholders will implement. Six of the goals relate directly to disaster risk reduction, recognizing that reducing exposure and vulnerability of the p…
The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2011-13 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…
The disaster risk reduction (DRR) status report provides a snapshot of the state of DRR in Indonesia under the four priorities of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. It also highlights progress and challenges associated with ensuring coherence among the key global frameworks at the national level; and makes recommendations f…
The disaster risk reduction (DRR) status report provides a snapshot of the state of DRR in India under the four priorities of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. It also highlights progress and challenges associated with ensuring coherence among the key global frameworks at the national level; and makes recommendations for streng…
Speaking at the National Sharing Workshop under the fifth DIPECHO Action Plan Outcome for South Asia, disaster risk reduction specialist, Dilruba Haider, said that people in general are more concerned over electricity shortage or traffic jams than earthquakes or floods.
Haider stressed the importance of strengthening community mobilisation in the hazar…
Written by William Foreman
Ann Arbor, Mich. — Typhoons thrash the Philippines every year, causing flash flooding and mudslides that often kill hundreds of people in the Southeast Asian nation. Many blame the death and destruction on the wrath of nature. But Gavin Shatkin has a different view.
"Disasters are not natural," said Shatkin, an associate pro…