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El objetivo general del taller es generar un espacio para la reflexión y el intercambio de experiencias en materia de fortalecimiento de la organización y la coordinación de los Sistemas / Plataformas Nacionales derivados del trabajo en torno al análisis de procesos de gestión del riesgo realizados en la Subregión Andina, haciendo énfasis en…
Goal: The Global Meeting of National Platforms Focal Points aims to contribute to implement the Hyogo Framework for Action through support to multi-stakeholder National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Specific Objectives
1. Provide a forum for National Platforms and selected HFA focal points to share information and knowledge in coordinating nati…
Brazil is gearing up to take center stage as the next president of the G20, starting on 1 December. In a context of complex global challenges, Brazil has announced its commitment to prioritizing during its presidency, the fight against inequality and poverty, key drivers of disaster risk. This vision is driven by the profound understanding that addressi…
Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning (PDRP) is the pro-active process of anticipating future recovery issues, developing a scenario-based recovery plan, and building the capacity to improve recovery outcomes – all before a disaster happens. UNISDR jointly with the Disaster Prevention Center of Central America (CEPREDENAC, for its Spanish acronym) and with te…
La Comisión Permanente de Contingencias COPECO y el Proyecto “Fortalecimiento de Ia Reducción de Riesgo de Desastres en Centro America, por medio de Ia implementación del MAH y de Ia PCGIR a nivel local, nacional y regional” y DIPECHO 2012-2013 (UNISDR- CEPREDENAC), tenemos el agrado de dirigirnos a usted, con el propósito de invitarle a participar en e…
Few people outside Italy are aware that six seismologists and a government official are on trial in the small city of L'Aquila. But the story has implications for scientists, engineers, administrators, and legal systems far beyond Italy's borders.
L'Aquila was largely destroyed by earthquakes in 1461 and 1703. The city was rebuilt, eventually grew to m…
GENEVA, 24 January 2012 - The Brazilian government has agreed to open a Centre of Excellence for Disaster Risk Reduction, one year after deadly landslides in the state of Rio de Janeiro prompted President Dilma Rousseff to devise plans to improve the country’s disaster readiness.
Last year, Brazil placed third on the list of countries where the world’s…
Geneva, 11 January 2012 - Estimates of between $350 billion to $380 billion in global economic losses from disasters have made 2011 the most expensive year in history for catastrophes, according to the insurance industry.
The earthquakes in Japan in March and New Zealand in February accounted for the bulk of these losses, according to estimates issued…
Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard – who is poised to sign a historic emissions reduction agreement with over 70 other mayors days before the UN climate summit in Cancún – will be named champion of the Making Cities Resilient campaign by the UN’s top disaster risk reduction official, Margareta Wahlström, at a ceremony during the World Mayors Summit on Cli…
Mayor of Port-au-Prince urges local governments to develop “a culture of security” at disaster risk reduction forum in Shanghai
Geneva – “Local governments need to develop a culture of security and have access to the means to respond to a catastrophe,” stressed Haiti’s Mayor of Port-au-Prince to other mayors gathered at a forum on disaster risk reducti…
On August 16 and 17, 2018 in Panamá city, Panamá; SE-CEPREDENAC and UNISDR will develop a two day regional consultation workshop oriented in revising the first document draft of the Regional Plan of Disaster Risk Reduction in Central America 2019-2023, as part of the Regional project: "Making resilient comunities in Central America through the implement…
Background
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 is the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda, with seven global targets and four priorities for action.
It is a 15-year, voluntary, non-binding agreement which recognizes that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should b…
The strenghtening of the Campaign 'Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready!' in El Salvador is an activity for the promotion, reflection and training aspects of disaster risk reduction in urban areas that are part of the objectives of the Global Campaign, in close coordination with the Presidential Secretariat on Vulnerability Affairs and Gen…
The National Launch of Campaign 'Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready!' in Costa Rica is an activity for the promotion, reflection and training aspects of disaster risk reduction in urban areas that are part of the objectives of the Global Campaign, in close coordination with the Mayor of the Municipality of San José de Costa Rica and the N…
GENEVA, 2 April 2014 – The Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, today praised the prompt action of the Chilean government in issuing a timely tsunami warning in response to last night’s earthquake and the orderly evacuation of thousands of people out of harm’s way.
Ms Wahlström said: “The effective disaster response a…