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Displaying 60 of about 379 resultsVacancy ISDR/C/35/2010
United Nations Core Values: Integrity - Professionalism - Respect for diversity
Background
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and to reduce associate…
The deadline has been extended from 23 May 2010 to 30 May 2010
Vacancy notice number: ISDR/C/17/2010
Date of entry: 1 June 2010
Duration: Two months
United Nations Core Values:
Integrity
Professionalism
Respect for diversity
Background:
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multidisciplinary and multi-stak…
United Nations Core Values:
Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for diversity
Vacancy no ISDR/C/04/2008
BACKGROUND
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and to reduce associat…
Vacancy Notice number: ISDR/G/12/2008
Date of entry: 1 September 2008
United Nations Core Values: Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
Background:
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological…
5 November 2020 10:00 – 11:30 CET ( Geneva time)
BACKGROUND
Building on the first and second World Tsunami Museum Conferences held in Japan in 2017 and 2018, UNDRR will organize the Third World Tsunami Museum Conference as a virtual event from Geneva on 5 November from 10:00 – 11:30 CET( Geneva time). The digital event will highlight the work of…
This issue includes:
Editorial -
Voices & Ideas:
- Chosica: Prevention Bears Fruit
- Crisis or Mitigation?: The role of relationships between institutions and communities in disaster recovery assistance
- Contingency plans for coping with disasters: A need that cannot be postponed
- Agents of Change: The Role of Children and Youth in Disaster
-…
This hanbook aims at being used as a tool to reduce urban risk in small and medium sized cities by local schools, students, teachers, parents, resident associations and local government members, by watching both good and bad (vulnerable) parts of their cities. Through collective watching and participatory mapping, it intends to facilitate the engagement…
This brochure seeks to promote disaster resilience in schools and through schools as part of the World Campaign focusing on promoting the safety of school buildings and the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction (DRR) into school curricula or at least school activities, which is in its second year.
The International Day for Disaster Reduction aims to…
This document presents a simple approach to elaborate a scenario regarding the potential impacts of a tsunami in a city exposed to such a hazard. The approach has been tailored to span eleven typical development sectors which are present in every city such as health, education, housing, life-lines, transportation, telecommunications, industry, governmen…
Reflections on the role of the educational community in risk management:
This document aims to prompt reflection on what exactly constitutes as a safe school: offering a resistible infrastructure in the event of a disaster or one that will also ensure the child’s right to education in an emergency situation. It is aimed at authorities, teachers, techni…
Delnet special supplement
This issue includes:
- Editorial
- Global ISDR
- Disasters in the Region
- Contributions
- Partners in Action
- Education
- Legislation
- Delnet supplement
- Multimedia
More than 150 government representatives, members of academia and young participants from the 2019 Japan World Tsunami Awareness Day High School Summit commemorated World Tsunami Awareness Day on 5 November at the United Nations Headquarters, New York and discussed innovative solutions to reduce tsunami risks.
The Panel discussion- co-organiz…
ROME, 23 November, 2018 - Earthquakes and tsunamis kill more people than any other natural hazard and an Italian based initiative to reduce seismic risk was recognized last night with a major award at the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) has carried out seismic risk assessments in over 150 countries since it…
New York, 5 November 2018 – Students attending a World Tsunami Awareness Day Event in New York have called for more educational programmes on disaster risk reduction from an early age.
Twenty students, aged 16 to 18 years, and their teachers from the United Nations International School and Keio Academy discussed ways to be better informed to prevent an…
New York, 3 November, 2017 - There needs to be an urgent shift from managing disasters to managing disaster risk, according to the UN Deputy Secretary- General, Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, speaking to a High Level Panel this week in New York.
The panel was convened to mark World Tsunami Awareness Day on November 5 and featured representatives…