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Displaying 45 of about 73 resultsThis newsletter highlights UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) praises for Pacific disaster risk management and climate change strategy; (ii) the launch of a survey on disability and disasters; (iii) 2013 floods a "turning point"; (iv) Pacific's drought risk; (v) UNISDR honouring Canberra as a Role Model city for UNISDR's Maki…
ISDR Thematic Platform for Knowledge and Education 2012:
This desk review revisits existing reports about all aspects of school safety, gathered from 81 countries, and refers to the key advocacy and guidance documents for school safety of the past 7 years to develop an analysis that reflects the best practices in achieving the goals of comprehensive sc…
The policy brief informs local policymakers about the current trends and activities taking place in selected cities that have signed up to the Making Cities Resilient Campaign since 2010. The Summary draws largely on the findings of the Making Cities Resilient Report 2012, as well as interviews and information local governments have self-reported to the…
This report asserts that the more widespread integration of science into disaster risk reduction policy making will depend on science being ‘useful, useable and used’. The case studies in the report describe specific examples of scientific learning being employed to enhance disaster risk reduction, providing evidence that science is useable for disaster…
PANAMA, 26 December 2013 – The Dominican Republic has adopted a new ‘National Plan for Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management’.
The President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina, approved the plan that will define policy guidelines and basic principles for public and private institutions and civil society organizations.
The plan focuses on the im…
NEW YORK, 24 October 2013 - The 2013 International Day for Disaster Reduction has seen remarkable efforts by artists and the creative community at large to rally for an inclusive and resilient world.
At the UN Headquarters this month, the off-Broadway Theater Breaking Through Barriers premiered their play 'Ready, Willing and Able' bringing alive on sta…
GENEVA, 23 May 2013 - City mayors today urged national and international leaders to trust and invest more at the local level to transform rapidly expanding urban areas into safe and resilient 21st century cities.
The 50-plus mayors from around the world who attended this week's 4th Global Platform were united in their message: the future of this planet…
GENEVA, 22 March 2013 - Two of the world's most disaster-prone countries, Bangladesh and Brazil, today shared the biennial UN-Sasakawa Award which was presented to the laureates by the Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, in the presence of the sponsor and chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Yohei Sasakawa.
Mr. Sasakaw…
Campinas, BRAZIL – The UN office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today recognized the dynamic and vibrant economic and technological centre of Campinas for its commitment to reduce its disaster risk.
The Head of UNISDR, Margareta Wahlström, officially acknowledged Campinas as Brazil’s first Role Model City of UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient campa…
El curso Taller Resiliencia, Reducción de Riesgos y Desarrollo Territorial Sostenible forma parte del Programa de Formación Aplicada: Reducción de Riesgos De Desastres, Generación de Resiliencia Urbana y Planificación Participativa Local, del Programa de Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos (ONU-Hábitat) y de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas…
Agenda integrada de las actividades en Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Paraguay y Uruguay, relacionadas con el Día Internacional para la Reducción de Desastres 2013.
Se incluyen actividades que se realizarán en las siguientes semanas o meses con la finalidad que no se concentren las actividades de forma puntual en un fecha sino que se sens…
The Fourth Session of the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador on 27-29 May 2014. The Regional Platform gathered key stakeholders and actors in disaster risk reduction and resilience to consolidate substantive and political contributions from the Americas coming from the previous Regional Platforms…
The general objective of this regional seminar is as follows:
Generate a space for integration and exchange of public-private experiences in managing disaster risks in the context of continuity of government and continuity of business operations.
Specific objectives:
Promote an exchange of experiences between governments and the private sector for…
Los objetivos generales de este seminario regional son:
Generar un espacio de integración e intercambio de experiencias público – privadas en la gestión del riesgo de desastre en el marco de la continuidad de gobierno y continuidad de negocios y operaciones.
Objetivos específicos:
Generar un intercambio entre gobiernos y el sector privado referente…
La Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR ) tiene el agrado de invitarle a la presentación del informe de Evaluación Global sobre la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres 2013.
Este informe contiene información sobre las tendencias del riesgo de desastres a nivel global, los avances en cuanto a la implementación de…