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Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus speaks at the launch of the Worldwide Initiative on Safe Schools, during the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. (Photo: UNISDR)
Turkey has vowed to make all 80,000 of the country’s schools disaster-proof by 2018, senior officials told the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction today.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
'While investing heavily in technology and construction, Turkey has adopted a people-centred approach to disaster risk reduction and embraced the priorities of the HFA,' says AFAD Director, Dr. Fuat Oktay. (Photo: UNISDR)
Turkey was yesterday praised as an emerging leader in disaster risk reduction as it marked the 5th anniversary of the creation of AFAD, the national disaster and emergency management authority under the direct control of the Prime Minister’s office.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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

(l. to r.) UNISDR Director of Advocacy, Jerry Velasquez with the Governor of Gaziantep, Erdal Ata, at Gaziantep's joining of the MCR Campaign.
The city of Gaziantep, Turkey, officially joined the UNISDR’s Making Cities Resilient Campaign today at a special event “Making Gaziantep Resilient: My City is Getting Ready” co-organized by Turkey’s Prime Ministry, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) - Regional Office for Europe.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia

ISDR Thematic Platform for Knowledge and Education 2012:

This desk review revisits existing reports about all aspects of school safety, gathered from 81 countries, and refers to the key advocacy and guidance documents for school safety of the past 7

Panelists in the open debate
On the opening day of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mayors and local government representatives took part in an open debate on ‘Disaster Risk Reduction Measures at the local level in South Eastern Europe”. Floods, droughts and forest fires – all of which are cross-border hazards – are the main risks in South Eastern Europe, and projections indicate that climate change and variations could lead to more frequent and severe disasters related to weather, water and climate in the region.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Mayors meet with the UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on making cities resilient.
City mayors today urged national and international leaders to trust and invest more at the local level to transform rapidly expanding urban areas into safe and resilient 21st century cities.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Participants kick-off the project 'Building Resilience to Disasters in Western Balkans and Turkey".
The United Nations, European Commission and national authorities have launched a new project in the Western Balkans and Turkey that will reduce disaster risks and increase resilience to climate change.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
A new study by UNICEF and UNESCO is a timely assessment of just how some countries are faring, or not, with the implementation of disaster risk reduction education seven years after such education was requested by the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA).
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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According to new statistics published by CRED and UNISDR, 302 human impact disasters inflicted record economic damages of $366 billion in 2011.
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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