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Displaying 90 of about 411 resultsThis report aims to contribute to a better understanding of the impact of disasters in the Arab states. The study provides an assessment, interpretation and visualization of ten national disaster loss databases from the region (i.e.: Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen) including damage and loss data f…
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…
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…
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Este documento presenta los lineamientos definidos por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR) para comunicar información sobre reducción de riesgos con base en las buenas prácticas identificadas en la región Caribe. Estos lineamientos buscan mejorar las comunicaciones sobre la reducción de riesg…
This document reports on the outcomes from a survey initiated by GRF Davos on behalf of the UNISDR Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) amongst Disaster Risk Reduction platforms and networks. The STAG’s current understanding is that the “platforms” have a scientific and technological basis revolving around risks and disasters, whereas the “net…
This checklist provides priority areas to make disaster risk reduction gender sensitive in technical, political, social, developmental and humanitarian processes.
The regional workshop to be held on 11 November 2015 brings together the experience 8 cities have captured in the process of conducting risk assessments and developing resilient city action plans.
The workshop will consolidate the project outcomes, agree on follow up actions, including a ‘Road map for making cities resilient in the CASC region’ founded…
The main focus of the three-day IAP meeting will be to discuss the substantive preparation of the Asia Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR), 2016 to be held in New Delhi on November 14-17 next year. The IAP meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss substantive issues related to the implementation of the Sendai framework a…
Celebration of IDDR in the capital of Africa, Addis Ababa: The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia will celebrate the IDDR for the 6th time and for the 2nd time jointly with the African Union Commission (AUC) with participation of the African Permanent Missions. This year’s IDDR will be the first to be celebrated after the adoption…
International Day for Disaster Reduction 2015 highlights the value of traditional, indigenous and local knowledge. In the Republic of Korea, the International Day will celebrate the theme 'Knowledge for Life' by highlighting how local know-how builds safer and more resilient communities. Korean municipalities are among the most active in UNISDR's global…
This meeting is a part of the 'Open Days: 13th European Week of Regions and Cities'
The "Post-2015 Hyogo Framework for Action: managing risks to achieve resilience” will be used as an umbrella topic. In line with the Committee of the Regions opinion adopted, the main focus will be on prevention, preparedness and resilience of local and regional author…
In 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.
The disaster risk reduction terminolo…
To promote and support the availability and application of science and technology to decision-making in Disaster Risk Reduction
The conference will bring together the full diversity of the science and technology community, policy makers, practitioners and researchers from all geographical regions, at local, national, regional and international levels t…
As a result of a request of the government of Panama, UNISDR lead an inter agency mission to develop the first national assessment on disaster risk reduction, which will be officially launched at this high-level event.
UNISDR Central Asia and South Caucasus office marked ten years of Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015 in a gathering of the partners and the regional UN colleagues on Friday January 23, 2015, at the Rudick Adamian conference room, UN Common Premises in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The event captured the achievements of HFA over the ten years and the ch…