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Esta guía contiene las instrucciones para la realización, de forma periódica y sistemática, de ejercicios de evacuación en simulacros y simulaciones de las condiciones de emergencia de tipo diverso en las instalaciones de los Centros Educativos.

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This monthly newsletter aims to highlight UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) a four-month pilot test of the Local Government Self-Assessment Tool (LG-SAT); (ii) the 1st UNISDR Global Champion - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; (iii)

This policy brief, issued while Governments discuss how to adapt to climate change in Durban, reflects that African countries are committed and investing funds to reduce risk to floods and droughts, albeit too little and still insufficiently in

This report addresses drought, which is considered the major disaster occurring in the Arab region, where the total people affected between the years 1970-2009 by drought is of about 38.09 million. The report focuses on Syria, considered one of the most

This concept note for the fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction outlines the main themes of the conference.

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The purpose of this document is to describe the thematic classification system that has been developed, with the aim of promoting a better understanding of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the development of an

This study consists of a desk analysis of ten initially selected countries using available information provided by key informants from institutions working in those selected countries in disaster reduction project in the education sector. The four main

The discussions in this booklet aim to address the complexity of risk in the Arab region, and present some tools which can be used by local governments, civil society and other institutions working in the field of environment and disaster risk reduction

This monthly newsletter aims to highlight UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) the new global risk model planned by UNISDR and partners; (ii) Myanmar commitment to the Hyogo Framework for Action; (iii) Turkish quake highlighting

This issue addresses disaster risk by highlighting the action undertaken by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and its partners to reduce the impacts of natural hazards in Africa.

Its content includes:
- Africa

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