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Displaying 4 of about 4 resultsDOHA, 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…
Considering that “disasters are inevitable in countries with high vulnerability index” such as Bangladesh, more options to further reduce the impacts of disaster are important. “Building back better” after a disaster is one of those options – seizing the opportunity to correct the limitations and failures of previous practices, policies, and programs du…
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…
Under the umbrella of the Project "Integrating Disaster Risk Management at National Level in Jordan 2014-2016", this 2-day workshop builds the capacities of 25 local government officials from the five governorates of Zarka, Irbid, Balqa (Salt), Madaba and Jarash.The workshop will enhance awareness on disaster risk reduction at all local levels and equip…