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Displaying 7 of about 7 resultsA Trilateral Expert Meeting on Disaster Loss Data and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Technology Sharing will be held from 26 to 28 March 2014 in Jeju, Republic of Korea. China, Japan and Korea have previously issued a Trilateral Joint Declaration on Disaster Management Cooperation and agreed to boost regional cooperation in the key areas of technology, i…
DOHA, 19 May 2014 – Qatar is taking major steps to develop a national plan for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and recovery to address future disaster challenges, improve the coordination and determine key actions.
Sixty Qatari officials representing ministries, city governments and NGOs have just completed an intensive training in Doha under the…
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…
GENEVA, 10 January 2014 – UNISDR’s Local Government Self-Assessment Tool (LGSAT) is an effective tool to assess a city’s institutional capacity to build resilience, a new report has found.
The study said the LGSAT opened up dialogue and enabled the establishment of baseline data for the Ten Essentials of UNISDR’s Making Cities Resilient Campaign “that…
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INCHEON, 10 March 2014 – The Philippines province of Cebu is emerging as a model for recovery four months after Typhoon Haiyan devastated large parts of the country.
Cebu Resilience Taskforce Coordinator Baltz Tribunalo identified several factors behind progress, including vital capacity building support from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (…
The aim of this training is to improve the capacities and knowledge of the national government officials in Qatar on disaster risk reduction and the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). It also seeks to strengthen the capacity of Qatar government officials to monitor and report on the HFA.