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Displaying 15 of about 39 resultsGENEVA, 30 December 2015 – Hundreds of science and technology specialists from around the globe will come together next month to harness their expertise to help reduce disaster risk.
The 27-29 January UNISDR Science and Technology Conference, in Geneva, will draw around 800 delegates from disciplines spanning the natural and social sciences, medicine a…
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity
Background information:
Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationships: This position will be located in the Risk Knowledge Section of the UNISDR secretariat at Headquarters and will report to the Chief of the Risk Knowledge Section. The focus of this job is to lead the…
15--UNISDR-43168-C-GENEVA
United Nations Core Values:
Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
Background
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the…
15--UNISDR-42425-C-GENEVA
United Nations Core Values:
Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
Background
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordina…
15-PUB-UNISDR-41908-R-GENEVA (O)
United Nations Core Values:
Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
Org. Setting And Reporting
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the Unit…
UNISDR: 15-IST-UNISDR-41374-R-GENEVA (O)
United Nations Core Values:
Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
Org. Setting And Reporting
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ens…
Valores Fundamentales de las Naciones Unidas:
Integridad ● Profesionalismo ● Respeto a la diversidad
Antecedentes:
Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR)
Creada en diciembre de 1999, la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR por sus siglas en inglés) es el pun…
In Spanish:
Este documento presenta los lineamientos definidos por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR) para comunicar información sobre reducción de riesgos con base en las buenas prácticas identificadas en la región Caribe. Estos lineamientos buscan mejorar las comunicaciones sobre la reducción de riesg…
This document reports on the outcomes from a survey initiated by GRF Davos on behalf of the UNISDR Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) amongst Disaster Risk Reduction platforms and networks. The STAG’s current understanding is that the “platforms” have a scientific and technological basis revolving around risks and disasters, whereas the “net…
PAVIA, 21 January 2015 – The GEM Foundation today launched OpenQuake, a web-based platform which allows access to a wide variety of sources on earthquakes, enabling cutting-edge risk assessment and the sharing of information with a broad community. It is the fruit of an open source collaboration by over 300 experts across the world.
The head of UNISDR,…
Context:
The ‘Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters’ (HFA) pointed out that countries that develop policy, legislative and institutional frameworks for disaster risk reduction and that are able to develop and track progress have greater capacity to manage risk across all sectors of society…
In order to support countries, UN system and stakeholders to prepare for the formal session on 29-30 September, and its preceding informal session on 28 September, two technical panel briefings will be organized in Geneva and open to all countries and other stakeholders. These are not meetings of the Working Group.
The disaster risk reduction terminolo…
To promote and support the availability and application of science and technology to decision-making in Disaster Risk Reduction
The conference will bring together the full diversity of the science and technology community, policy makers, practitioners and researchers from all geographical regions, at local, national, regional and international levels t…
15-91-UNISDR-P-3-GENEVA
United Nations Core Values:
Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
Org. Setting And Reporting
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ensure synergies among…
ISDR/C/02/15
United Nations Core Values:
Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity
Background
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster r…