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Displaying 15 of about 155 resultsIn order to support countries, UN system and stakeholders to prepare for the formal session on 29-30 September, and its preceding informal session on 28 September two technical panel briefings will be organized in Geneva and open to all countries and other stakeholders. These are not meetings of the Working Group.
This two-hour briefing will provide an…
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Coordinate, together with the UNISDR regional office for the Americas, DRR organizations and national experts, the implementation of activities of the project " Implementing the post 2015 International Disas…
Job Opening number : 15-United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat-42905-Consultant
United Nations Core Values: Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
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Promote activities and processes, in coordination with personnel of UNISDR Americas and the regional liaison officer, for the di…
The purpose of this thematic review is twofold: firstly, to obtain an understanding of progress and evolution of disaster risk governance over the period 2005-2014; secondly, to inform the policy dialogue on future disaster risk management challenges and the mechanisms for addressing them.
In particular, the review intends to inform and influence the s…
This checklist provides priority areas to make disaster risk reduction gender sensitive in technical, political, social, developmental and humanitarian processes.
This study assesses the capacity of nineteen National Platforms across Africa’s three main regional blocs: the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It takes stock of progress made, critically reviews the contribution that Nation…
This document reflects the outputs of the gap analysis and consultations and summarizes the activities that must be carried out in synergy to develop effective disaster risk reduction strategies in Serbia, Belarus Kyrgyzstan, selected beneficiary countries. The document was developed from survey questionnaires prepared by UNISDR and completed by the ben…
MOSCOW, 15 October 2015— The Russian Federation is kick-starting its implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, seeing it as a key priority for the state, the government told an international congress in Moscow this week.
Mr. Vladimir Puchkov, at the helm of the Ministry of Affairs for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination…
NAIROBI, 20 August 2015 – The Government of Kenya and its partners are engaging to create an enabling environment for implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year global plan to curb deaths and economic losses caused by natural and man-made hazards.
This week, Kenya’s Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Go…
SENDAI, 17 March 2015 – UNISDR’s team of champions from around the world today outlined how they are preparing to meet the challenge of implementing the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.
Mayors, members of parliament, and private sector leaders reaffirmed their commitment and ambition to be the vehicles “to convert words into action”.
U…
SENDAI, 15 March 2015 – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute today to a group of former and serving politicians who are championing disaster risk reduction and thereby striving to save lives and prevent economic losses.
"In your personal and professional capacity you are doing a very important job," he told the officials, from Africa, Asia and…
PARIS, 23 July 2015 - UNISDR’s Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia, Senator Loren Legarda, declared the willingness of the Philippines to lead the fight to combat climate change during this week’s Summit of the Consciences for the Climate in Paris, France.
Mankind’s relationship with nature was the focus of the Climate Summit of Conscience i…
Addis Ababa, 15 July 2015 – Local governments are key players in disaster risk reduction and sustainability, and need the financial muscle to tackle threats posed by natural and man-made hazards, according to participants at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.
“Local governments are part and parcel of the solution,” said Ma…
NAIROBI, 17 June 2015 - World leaders will gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next month to focus on the issue of global development financing. The Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) is another key milestone in the post-2015 development agenda aimed at reducing extreme poverty by 2030.
It follows on from the Third UN World…
BANGKOK, 6 June 2015 - Seventeen of the world’s most disaster-prone countries are meeting this week in Bangkok to discuss how to press forward with implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction across Asia.
There has been lively debate about how to achieve the Sendai Framework’s seven targets with a focus on reducing mortality, num…