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Displaying 15 of about 86 resultsThe goal of BCPR’s 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 support to UNDP C…
The goal of BCPR’s 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 support to UNDP C…
Background
The Geneva Open Day workshop, together with the subsequent London open day workshop (planned for February 2012, date TBC), aims to examine how to harmonise different humanitarian, risk management and conflict/fragile states programming, in order to create the enabling environment for resilience and peacebuilding before, during and after comp…
Curso para proporcionar conocimientos fundamentales y prácticos sobre el uso del manual Esfera en misiones humanitarias.
Metodología
Es una metodología participativa basada en principios de aprendizaje de adultos.
Se utilizarán:
• Estudios de casos
• Presentación participativa con power point
• Lluvias de ideas
• Discusiones estructuradas
• Actividad…
The British Red Cross (BRC) helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. BRC is part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies. BRC enables vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to prepare for and withstand emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help the…
This review analyses some of the major events and trends related to natural disasters and humanitarian disaster response and looks at the experience of developed countries with natural disasters in 2011. Highlighting evidences from the Japanese earthquake-tsunami-nuclear accident, the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, floods in Australia, and tor…
'Let's get involved!':
This document outlines ACT Alliance's commitment to humanitarian principles, the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), how ACT aims to meet its disaster resilience commitments through the post-HFA framework, and how ACT members can get involved.
It affirms that: (i) ACT Alliance members have been encouraged to adopt a disaster risk…
Referring to the March 11 Japanese triple disaster and humanitarian crisis, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency Director General Helena Lindberg raises the issue of 'complex megadisaster' as reminder of the extent of our own vulnerability. In her contribution to PublicService.co.uk, she highlights some of the important lessons drawn for these events, as…
The bibliography includes works authored by professionals involved in disaster related issues in the Caribbean Region. It includes technical and scientific literature on the management of natural and man made disasters. Works incorporated include: research papers, theses, books, articles that have been prepared in scholarly journals, papers presented at…
This document is the result of a participatory process developed from April to December 2003, through national workshops and forums of analysis and proposals in the different countries of the Central American region. These processes ended with the Mitch+5 Regional Forum, which took place in December in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The forum brough…
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The Conference theme "Earth, Fire and Rain" will continue to address planning, response and the introduction of innovative techniques in management of disasters, emergencies and hazards.
The Conference Program will include an extensive range of topics with Keynotes, Concurrent Sessions, Case Studies, Panel Discussions and Poster Presentations.…
GENEVA, 28 April 2016 - One of the world’s most ambitious low-cost housing reconstruction programmes ever to be undertaken in a seismic zone is due to get underway this week following first anniversary of the 25 April Nepal earthquake.
Nepal’s new Reconstruction Authority and its partners are embarking on a programme to provide over 500,000 low-c…
About the Course
This course is designed to bring together key skills to mainstream inclusion into organisations and the wider humanitarian sector. The course builds capacity through building training skills on Sphere and increasing current knowledge on Gender, Age and Disability and supports understanding of ADCAP Minimum Standards for Age and Disabil…
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Ahead of the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun, May 22-26, tune into this live broadcast to learn more about how global communities are stepping up to the challenge of disaster risk reduction and learn how we can best leverage this moment as a key moment in building resilience in the face of disaster.…
IDCE is an event designed to unite the most internationally recognized and distinguished professionals from around the world for three days of problem solving, planning and preparation, discussing relevant issues dealing with Emergency Management, Homeland Security, First Response, Loss Mitigation, Business Continuity, and all other disciplines within t…