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Previous webinars and workshops

UNDRR works globally with governments, institutions, the private sector and civil society to build capacity to mainstream disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into sustainable development.

Here is a list of previous UNDRR webinars and workshops. A list of current training can be found here.

Training event
Kobe
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In person
Training on resilient recovery for Haiti
The training is aimed at building critical mass of professionals oriented towards resilient recovery and enhancing their capacity to minimize the impact of future disasters. The programme includes cases & Lessons on Recovery Initiatives from the Tohoku
Training event
Nairobi
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In person
Desinventar training for Kenya
This specialized training aims to anchor the country’s disaster management information within the Desinvetar data base. This information can then be available to government and all interested stakeholders for planning purposes to prevent or reduce
Training event
Beirut
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In person
Media training on disaster risk reduction
Media training of 40 journalists in Lebanon in collaboration with UNDP and Government of Lebanon.
Training event
Kuwait City
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In person
International awareness workshop on advancing disaster risk reduction and urban strategy in Gulf States
Organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme Regional Office for Arab Cities (UN-HABITAT Kuwait Office) and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Regional Office for Arab States (UNISDR Cairo Office), Capacity for
Training event
Geneva
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In person
Towards a new approach to disasters from consequences to causes: Covering disasters from a disaster risk reduction perspective
National media organizations play an important role in promoting national disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and programmes. To do so, however, they need to know what disaster risk reduction is about and to have established contacts with key DRR
Training event
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In person
International Recovery Platform (IRP) recovery training for government officials in Serbia
The training is expected to enhance capacity of government officials for resilient recovery and empower them to better coordinate the post disaster long term recovery.
Training event
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In person
The Pacific regional training on economic impact assessment
Assessing damage caused by natural disasters in the Pacific - a prerequisite for recovery and rehabilitation efforts - is a major challenge. To support Pacific island countries to assess the economic impact of disasters, SOPAC, ESCAP and UNISDR are
Training event
Djibouti
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In person
Atelier de formation sur la gestion des données sur les pertes liées aux catastrophes (DesInventar)
In French: Cet atelier de formation vise à familiariser les membres du Comité Intersectoriel pour la Gestion des Risques et Catastrophes avec la méthodologie Desinventar. Suite à la formation, il est prévu de mettre en place une base de données sur les
Training event
Accra
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In person
Anglophone African regional writeshop to support developing country publications on disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change
The writeshop will involve one-on-one work with mentors to provide supplemental training on academic writing and argumentation, in order to help new authors reach a standard of writing suitable for publication in peerreviewed journals. Sixteen
Training event
Incheon
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In person
Workshop on monitoring framework, Incheon, Republic of Korea
In Mid-December 2010, UNISDR organized a workshop for local authorities of five Asian countries( Nepal, Sri Lanka, Laos, Campodia and Maldives) with the National Emergency Management Agency of the Republic of Korea at the Incheon Global Education and

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