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Displaying 60 of about 139 resultsEuropean and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA), 55th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents, Istanbul, 30-31 October 2008:
This document was written in order to provide guidelines on the definition and concept of twinning between national platforms (NPs), which overall objective is to strengthen and promote cooperation betwe…
This summary describes the five priorities for action of the Hyogo Framework for Action within a table enhancing the themes and cross cutting issues, as well as the general considerations and actors involved in the implementation and follow-up.
Issue 3, December 21, 2007
This issue includes:
- Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: towards a common action
- Cooperation agreement with OAS
- The Greater Caribbean met in Saint Marc, Haiti
- Closure of the 2006-2007 DRR Campaign and preparations for the 2008-2009 Campaign
- New publications
- We…
Adapted from a presentation made by Andrew Maskrey, Coordinator of the UNISDR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, at the ISDR Asia Partnership Meeting, Bangkok, 27-28 September 2007
This presentation explains the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Monitoring and Progress Review process, which aims to facilitate monitoring, evaluating and…
Disaster prevention, education and youth
This issue includes:
- Editorial
- Global ISDR
- Contributions
- Disaster in the Region
- In the Spotlight
- The Role of the University
- Disaster in the Region
- Partners in Action
- Multimedia
- Calendar
This issue includes:
- An Open Partnership for Disaster Reduction in Asia
- Message from ADPC
- Message from ADRC
- Message from UNDP/BCPR
- Asian International Conference on Total Disaster Risk Management
- Consultation Workshop on Early Warning System Effectiveness of Early Warning Systems in Asia/Pacific
- Adopting a regional approach towards living…
This issue includes:
- From the Editor
- Disaster Reduction in Africa
- Views & Reviews
- UN/ISDR Africa National Platform
- UN/ISDR World in Action
- UN/ISDR Africa in Action
- Policy makers talk about disaster reduction
- African Preparations for WCDR
- Partners in Action
This issue includes:
- From the Editor
- Disaster Reduction in Africa
- Views & Reviews
- UN/ISDR Africa National Platforms in Action
- UN/ISDR World in Action
- African policy makers talk about disaster reduction
- UN/ISDR Africa in Action
- Partners in Action
This issue includes:
- From the Editor
- From the UN/ISDR Director
- Who are we?
- Disaster Management in Africa
- Focus
- Views and Reviews
- Partners in Action
- Upcoming events
This draft paper proposes three important areas of action for the ISDR System and Secretariat to follow up and support to strengthen their contributions to the Bali Action Plan process.
@local.glob, issue no. 3 – year 2006:
The document assists in facilitating and supporting efforts by governments, local authorities, international organizations, and multilateral financial and trade institutions to invest in reducing disaster risk and to promote sustainable development policies that will create better opportunities for all.
This speci…
The conclusions of the Second International Conference on Early Warning (EWC II), 16-18 October 2003, Bonn, Germany
This documentation collection promotes early warning systems to policymakers and decision makers. It includes selected papers produced for and discussed at the EWC II and the four regional preparatory conferences in Africa, Asia/Pacific,…
This document is the output of the World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, held in Yokohama, Japan, from 23 May to 27 May 1994. It provides guidelines for natural disaster prevention, preparedness and mitigation.
Part I describes the principles on which a disaster reduction strategy should be based. Part II is a plan of action agreed upon by al…
La Radionovela: Tiempos de Huracanes fue desarrollada con el objectivo de fomentar una cultura de gestíon de riesgo a través de radiodifusión y ofrecer una herramienta novedosa para los procesos de capacitación en materia de desastres.
La presente guía pretende facilitar la labor de capacitación proporcionando orientaciones didacticas y técnicas para l…
Volcano Daily is a UNISDR publication to raise awareness among young people of the dangers that volcanoes represent and, in particular, all the measures that can be undertaken to prevent and protect against volcanic disaster. The subject was chosen as part of the UNISDR information campaign on disaster reduction for sustainable mountain development, to…