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Children and disasters: building resilience through education


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United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Publication Year
2011
Number of pages
203 p.

This publication focuses on the importance of education in disaster prevention and makes recommendations on how to support and build on local and national initiatives to reduce the risk of disasters through education. It provides a brief overview of major hazards and disaster risks in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It presents a snapshot of national disaster risk reduction structures and key legislations. It also briefly outlines disaster risk reduction activities related to education undertaken by national agencies and activities by UNISDR and UNICEF.

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Keywords
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Education & School Safety
Governance
Country & Region
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovenia
Tajikistan
North Macedonia
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Serbia
Montenegro

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