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This online dialogue is the second round of consultations with the private sector, business and industry. The three week period of online dialogues will give the opportunity to share your views on the future direction of the renewed Hyogo Framework for Action. Consultations with the private sector will continue during the Regional Platforms in May and J…
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the South Sinai Governorate and the League of Arab States (LAS) are organizing the 2nd Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction which will take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 14-16 September 2014.
Adhering to the outcomes of the first…
Under the overall umbrella of the 'Week of volunteerism" to observe the International Volunteer Day (IVD), the NGO Ahmose, in coordination with the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme in Egypt and UNISDR Arab States, organized an awareness campaign at Al-Khabiri Primary School in Cairo to cover the basics of Disaster Awareness and General Safety f…
The Kenya Government in partnership with the Baringo County Government and other partners are hosting the National IDDR Celebrations in Marigat, Baringo County. This is the first IDDR celebration in an agreement to host the IDDR celebrations rotating in the 47 counties in Kenya.
The IDDR celebrations will commence with a Media brief on 10 October and w…
As the Hyogo Framework for Action nears its conclusion in 2015, global processes have been gaining momentum in the shaping of a Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. This is an important time as Africa became the first region to officially adopt its contribution to the Post-2015 DRR Framework at the 5th Africa Regional Platform for Disaster R…
The meeting primarily served 1) to exchange on progress towards expected adoption of the post-2015 framework for DRR (\"HFA+\") at the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (14-18 March 2015) and 2) to prepare for ISDR agency contribution to the 2nd Arab Conference on DRR (9-12 June 2014). Following UNISDR briefing, agencies provide comments o…
The Southern Africa sub-region, known as Southern African Development Community (SADC), has increasingly become vulnerable to disasters triggered by both a complex combination of natural and human-induced hazards. The common hazards include severe storms, drought, floods, cyclones, environmental degradation, earthquakes, conflict, political instability,…
The Secretariat of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly organized the Meeting of Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Subreg…
The MENA DRR Network meeting will review and discuss global and regional processes and events contributing towards the Post-2015 framework for DRR (De-briefing 2nd Arab Conference on DRR of September 2014 and 2nd WCDRR PrepComm and next steps). Other agenda items are a discussion on joint roll-out of the UN Plan of Action on DRR for Resilience, UNV's ta…