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Opinion: What We Can Learn From the 2019 Earthquake in Albania

On the 26th of November 2019, Albania was struck by a strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake caused extensive damage in 11 municipalities, including the two most populous, urbanized and developed, Tirana and Durres. The Balkan Peninsula and
Albania
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An interview with Mr. Maksimiljan Dhima, former Sendai Framework Focal point for Albania

Following the November 2019 earthquake in Albania, which killed 51 people, injured more than 900, and left 17,000 people displaced, the UNDRR Regional Office for Europe reached out to the former Sendai Framework Focal point for Albania, Mr. Maksimiljan
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2018 technical forum: Leveraging on the Sendai Framework Monitoring (SFM) process in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Bonn
Documents and publications
Reports

A compendium of disaster risk reduction practices in cities of the Western Balkans and Turkey: a review of selected cities participating in UNISDR’s ‘Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready!’ campaign

This report is the result of a compendium undertaken as part of the ‘Building Resilience to Disasters in Western Balkans and Turkey’ project, initiated by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the World Meteorological Organization

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Europa Re Second Regional Insurance Conference “New Generation of Insurance Solutions”

European Commission
World Meteorological Organization
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe
Europa Reinsurance Facility Ltd.
Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Belgrade
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2nd meeting of the design team regarding designing of regional multi-hazard early warning system for the Western Balkans and Turkey

World Meteorological Organization
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Durrës
The earthquake insurance workshops were attended by over 100 participants.
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Boost for quake insurance in SE Europe

A major step towards implementation of a disaster risk financing framework in South Eastern Europe has been taken with the completion of a first round of training workshops on new approaches to earthquake insurance last month.
(l. to r.) Demetrio Innocenti, UNISDR Europe Office, Enno Bodzo, the vice mayor of Tirana, and Albana Myftari, Director, Directorate of Foreign Investment Promotion, Municipality of Tirana.
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Tirana joins UNISDR Cities Campaign

This time two years ago half of Albania was covered in snow and the country appealed for international assistance. The country and the capital Tirana (pop. 418,000) also lives with the threats of earthquakes, floods, heat waves and drought.

Tirana meeting on 'Making Cities Resilient'

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Municipality of Tirana
Tirana
Documents and publications
Reports

Historical collection of disaster loss data in Albania

This report describes the methodology used in Albania for historical disaster loss collection, the sources of data used and an analyze of the losses divided in different category groups. The historical collection of loss data is a concrete example on how