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Displaying 60 of about 202 resultsGENEVA, 11 February 2016 – Governments on Thursday continued hammering out ways to measure progress in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year international agreement to rein in the impact of natural and man-made hazards.
Ministerial delegates, diplomats and disaster risk reduction practitioners have been working to cra…
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea held the Trilateral Cooperation Workshop for Public Officials among Korea, Japan and China with the aim of deepening understanding of trilateral cooperation, exploring measures for the further development of cooperation at the local government level among the three countries, and seeki…
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Over the past 20 years, disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Natural disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of people killed by natural disasters are from developing countries.
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The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 is the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda, with seven global targets and four priorities for action.
It is a 15-year, voluntary, non-binding agreement which recognizes that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should b…
Background
Over the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Natural disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of people killed by disasters are from developing countries.
Current an…
Incheon Metropolitan City and the Incheon Chamber of Commerce and Industry launched the orientation event for the private sector together with the UNISDR Office for Northeast Asia and the Global Education and Training Institute (UNISDR ONEA- GETI) to improve their awareness about disaster and climate risk, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk…
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Ministry of Public Safety and Security (MPSS) was newly established on 19 November 2014. The goal of MPSS is to cope with all types of disasters and safety problems. To this end, MPSS and UNISDR GETI will convene a two-day workshop on national disaster preparedness and response system on 18-19 March 2015 in Seoul, Republic of…
Context of Ulsan's Disaster Risk Management and Background of Workshop
Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million, divided into four districts and one county. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring Busan to the south and facing Gyeongju to the north, meaning that the c…
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This workshop aims to build the capacity and understanding of Incheon Honorary Citizen Diplomats Association members about the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, disaster risk in Incheon Metropolitan City, the Making Cities Resilient global campaign, and how volunteers and civil society can contribute to disaster risk reduction in their local d…
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This workshop aims to build the capacity and understanding of Yangcheon-gu officials and local social welfare volunteers about disaster risk reduction, the Making Cities Resilient global campaign, its ‘Ten Essentials for Resilient Cities’, the sign-up process and best practices towards becoming a role model city. It further aims to capture good pra…
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The UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Central Asia and South Caucasus, in cooperation with the UNICEF Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe and CIS Almaty Bureau, OCHA Regional Office for Caucasus, Central Asia and Ukraine, UN Department of Public Information and UN-Women are…
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This workshop aims to build the capacity and understanding of Gwangju city officials about the Making Cities Resilient global campaign, its ‘Ten Essentials for Resilient Cities’, the sign-up process and best practices towards becoming a role model city. It further aims to capture good practice and enhance disaster risk sensitive planning in the cit…
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Mongolia prioritizes disaster prevention and has been able to set up an early warning system in highly populated areas, and to enhance the capacity of identification and early warning of potential hazards. The measures undertaken by the Government of Mongolia have also produced concrete results in enhancing and mobilizing local communities i…
This joint training of UNISDR ONEA-GETI and School of Environment of Griffith University, Australia targets 30 staff and students of Indonesian Hasanuddin University (UNHAS) from Makassar, South Sulawesi, Republic of Indonesia.
The main focus of the training will cover:
Introduction to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduc…
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At the ONEA-GETI Technology for DRR Seminar, the Inha University of Incheon presented their Web-based Platform (www.pr4gdm.org) - an online community providing practical information on supportive DRR technology available from the private sector. This platform’s primary aim is to serve Southeast Asian countries, but also to support global DRR…