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Texas A&M researchers aim to create a future where data science and artificial intelligence are used to predict, prepare for and respond to natural hazards, from hurricanes to earthquakes.In a world where natural hazards can strike at any time with devastating consequences, reducing their impacts in advance may seem impossible.The unpredictability o…
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GENEVA, 23 September 2013 - Donor governments have signalled the need to better capture investments in disaster risk reduction to strengthen evidence of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. A roundtable of donors broadly supported efforts to improve tracking of international spending on disaster risk reduction as preparations for the T…
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GENEVA, 1 February 2012 - An insightful new report on the 2010 Haiti earthquake offers a scathing critique of an international community which “has much to learn from the response in Haiti where it has shown an ability to repeat its errors and shortcomings from past disasters.” Two years after the event, the PAHO Report: Health response to the earthqua…
In person
03 November 2009 - 05 November 2009
Yogyakarta
Background and context The recovery from the May 27, 2006 earthquake, at Yogyakarta and Central Java is considered as a successful case within Southeast Asia. For three years, the recovery process has proceeded smoothly due to well-coordinated efforts of various actors, including national and local governments, local communities, and international orga…
Vacancy
Closing date:
03 June 2011
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…
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Closing date:
03 June 2011
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…
In person
08 January 2013 - 10 January 2013
New Orleans, Louisiana
The purpose of IDCE is to unite Public and Private Sector Professionals from around the world for discussions regarding policy, lessons learned, best practices, and forward thinking. As such, the IDCE Conference Program is the critical component to ensuring IDCE reaches goals and achieves objectives. 1700 Industry Professionals attended the inaugural e…
In person
06 June 2012
Honolulu, Hawaii
This is a one-day performance level training course that develops the participant's ability to apply coastal risk reduction and opportunity enhancement measures to coastal floodplain management. The course format is as follows: • Modules 1 and 2 will introduce the course scenario, with Module 2 concluding with an activity requiring teams of learners…
The conference motto for IDRC Davos 2008 is: Public-private partnership – key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation. IDRC Davos 2008 will address global problems and attract participants from all over the globe. We expect more than 1300 participants from 130 countries. The conference will take an integrated, multidisciplinary appro…
In person
15 December 2008 - 17 December 2008
Montego Bay
Over the years the need has surfaced for a more Caribbean focused conference on all possible disaster hazards. This conference seeks to bring together government agencies, academic institutions, and private sector for information exchange, dialogue and development of methods and practice to reduce the harmful impacts of hazards and disasters in the Cari…
Vacancy
Closing date:
10 November 2011
Purpose of Position The successful candidate will play a key role, side by side with the regional programme coordinator, regional DM delegate, regional communications delegate and the regional finance and administration manager, as well as the heads of the IFRC delegations in Mongolia and DPRK, and the IFRC representative in Japan, in supporting the on…
In French Objectifs Evaluer la situation et les besoins des populations les plus vulnérables face aux risques de catastrophes naturelles, définir des axes d’intervention et élaborer une proposition de projet incluant une approche communautaire. L’objectif spécifique de cette mission est de définir avec les Croix-Rouge cambodgienne (CRC) et lao (CRL)…
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Closing date:
02 November 2011
Purpose of Position The position aims to develop the IFRC's capacity in the Pacific to persuade decision makers and opinion leaders to act, at all times, in the interest of vulnerable people, and with respect for the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. This position will require the successful candidate to develop strong rel…
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Closing date:
22 January 2012
Background on ACTED ACTED is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality, political and religious impartiality, and non discrimination. ACTED was created in 1993 to support populations affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. Based in Paris, France, ACTED now…
Vacancy
Closing date:
11 December 2011
Background Afghanaid is mandated to facilitate and support Afghan women, men and children in their fight against poverty, inequality and vulnerability through a range of interventions, most supporting grass-roots and local level capacity development, facilitating local development processes, and institution building with policy influencing and advocacy…

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