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Displaying 15 of about 22 resultsInternational partners promoting disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Middle East and Northern Africa gathered for their third formal meeting as "MENA DRR Network". Please find enclosed details on the agenda, discussions and decisions taken.
بناءاً على مبادرة جامعة الدول العربية سيعقد مكتب الأمم المتحدة للحد من مخاطر الكوارث بالتعاون مع برنامج الأمم المتحدة الإنمائي ، ودائرة البيئة والإسكان والتنمية المستدامة وكذلك دائرة الأزمات لدى جامعة الدول العربية ورشة عمل لمدة يومين فى الفترة ما بين 24-25 تشرين الثاني 2013 وذلك بهدف الإنتهاء من وضع خطة تنفيذ الإستراتيجية العربية للحد من مخاطر الكوارث…
The conference will be held as part of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) celebrations in Uganda, and will be the key highlight of the theme for the celebration. It is organized by the Department of Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Management, Office of the Prime Minister in conjunction with all the Agencies represented in the National…
A one day workshop on to reactivate the Egyptian participation in the international campaign for disaster risk reduction: Making Cities Resilient will be jointly organized by The Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbe…
UNDP, UNISDR and the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) are organizing the First Regional Conference on DRR Challenges and Progress in the Arab Region – including HFA implementation and post 2015 Agenda – with a thematic focus on Urban Disaster Risk Management. The conference will be held on 19-21 March 2013 in Aqaba, Jordan. The Conference will be hos…
Eleven international agencies engaged in supporting disaster risk reduction in the Arab States and members of the Middle East and Northern Africa DRR Group (MENA DRR Network) met on 23 October 2013 in Cairo to review progress in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action in Arab States and to provide suggestions for the post-2015 international framewor…
UNISDR has turned its focus for the International Day for Disaster Reduction on 13 October on some one billion people around the world who live with some form of disability. This year UNISDR Regional Office for Arab States and WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean are organizing a joint event on the 22nd October at WHO premises to celebrate…
A one day national consultation workshop was organised in Uganda on Disaster-induced displacement in the context of the post-2015 Framework for DRR (HFA2), on the 16th April 2013 at the Metropole Hotel in Kampala.
The consultation aimed at informing key stakeholders on the global and regional consultation process towards the HFA2. 43 participants repre…
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The Fifth Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and Third Ministerial Meeting was organised, under the leadership of the African Union Commission at Abuja, Nigeria on 13 - 16 May 2014 to develop the Africa contribution to the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction to be considered at the Third UN World Confere…
L’Afrique Centrale s’est dotée depuis juin 2012 d’une Stratégie Régionale et d’un Cadre d’Action de mise en œuvre, avec l’appui du Bureau de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires des Nations Unies (UNOCHA) et du Bureau des Nations Unies pour la Réduction des Risques de Catastrophes (UNISDR).
Au plan national, la plupart des Etats ont mis en place des…
This is the second formal meeting of the "DRR in Arab States Group", set up as a distinct group to promote and collaborate on DRR in the Arab States region. The meeting is open to all international partners working on DRR in Arab States. The newly formed group replaces the previous working group set up as part of the MENA group of humanitarian agencies…
Au regard des insuffisances constatées en matière de préparation, des mécanismes de coordination et du rôle des différents acteurs pendant les fortes inondations d’avril 2012, le Gouvernement de l’Union des Comores a mis en place, une Plateforme nationale pour la Prévention et la Réduction des Risques de catastrophes (PNPRRC). Cette nouvelle institution…
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Every year, the Periperi U Consortium meets to discuss progress in strengthening applied disaster risk scholarship in Africa. In 2013, this event has been reframed to coincide with the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, and will be convened in Geneva on 24 May.
The 2013 Periperi U Seminar will be hosted by the Technical University o…
The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) in partnership with UNISDR has selected Burundi to launch the national discussion process on HFA implementation and post-HFA in Central Africa. This consultative process aims to arrive at a common position of states and contribute to the preparation of a synthesis report of the Africa on the Post-…
The Arab States regional consultation on the Post-2015 Framework on DRR (HFA2) will be organized as part of the first Arab Conference on DRR, co-organized by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), United Nations Development Programme - Jordan and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States (UNISD…