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“Making cities sustainable and resilient: implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the local level” is a three-year initiative by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), supported by the European Commission…
The overall ‘disaster context’ in the Philippines
The Asia and Pacific region and the Philippines are particularly vulnerable to disasters. Between 1970 and 2010, disasters and natural hazards caused an estimated 1.7 million deaths in the region, which was more than half the global total. Extreme weather events are expected to increase in the years to…
Interview with Dr. Saleck Ahmed Sherif, Nouakchott Focal Point
What are the greatest challenges facing your city?
A: One of the biggest challenges that we face is the institutional challenge between the national and local levels and the things that each find important which differ from body to body. In order to work effectiv…
SRSG Opening Remarks
Consultative Workshop: Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and
Early Warning in Indonesia
BNPB Conference Centre, Jakarta, Indonesia
10.00am on 29 May 2019
Lieutenant General Doni Monardo,
Esteemed representatives and colleagues,
Good morning and thank you for those remarks,
Indonesia is an importan…
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE UN OFFICE FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION TO THE UN ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY
15 March 2019
DELIVERED BY MAMI MZUTORI – THE SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Distinguished delegates,
Economic losses from disasters have risen dramatically with the doubling of extreme weather events…
Opening Remarks
United Nations Sasakawa award
GP2019
8.15 - 19.15 - 16 May 2019, Room 2
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen -
I am delighted to welcome you to the United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction.
This award is given every two years to individuals or institutions that have made substantive impact on reducing disaste…
SPEECH BY SRSG
GP2019 – 16 May 2019
Roundtable 2 “Risk-Informed Investments & Economics of DRR”
I hope some of you will have seen the press release we issued last week outlining an initiative by a large Norwegian Pension Fund, KLP, to start geo-tagging investment assets against their exposure to disaster and climate risk.
This is…
2nd Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference
13 May 2019
10.00 – 11.00
WMO
OPENING REMARKS
Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
7 minutes
SALUTATIONS/THANKS
I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Secretary-Gen…
SRSG: CLOSING OF THE STAKEHOLDER FORUM
14 May 2019, 15.00 – 16.30
Room 2, CCV
CLOSING REMARKS
Let me start by expressing my appreciation for the energy, enthusiasm and hard work of the panelists members of the UNDRR Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (SEM) in making this innovative event a success.
As you know, we only officially laun…
Kobe OfficeWe offer expertise in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and promote stakeholder engagement, supporting partners around the world to reduce disaster risk and build resilience.
The Kobe Office in Japan works closely with the Japanese Government and other institutions that have extensive experience and expertise in disaster risk reduction (DRR)…
Duties and Responsibilities
The objective of this consultancy is to create content packages for PreventionWeb, the knowledge sharing platform on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience.
The consultant will develop, write and edit content for PreventionWeb under the editorial guidance of the managing editor:
• Research and draft thematic web pages,…
Duración: 16 meses.
Responsabilidades:
Dentro del alcance de la autoridad delegada, el consultora deberá ser responsabe de la implementación del proyecto de preparación ante los desastres ECHO (DIPECHO) “Implementando el Marco de Sendai para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres a través de evidencias que hacen la diferencia”.
El consulto…
Result of service
Develop a Business Model and Plan for the Global Risk Assessment Framework (GRAF) highlighting roles, responsibilities, timelines, budgets and deliverables for GRAF Secretariat, Expert Group, UNDRR and in line with the GRAF Concept Note. This is to be developed in consultation with the above parties.
As part of the business plan, the…
Result of service
Technical and analytical support for review of Asia Regional Plan for Implementation of the Sendai Framework and development of Action Plan 2020-2022.
Expected duration
6 months (subject to extension)
Duties and responsibilities
1. Technical support to DRR knowledge products:
Researches, analyzes and presents information gather…
Result of service
The consultant should deliver satisfactorily completion of assignments below:
Desk research on disaster resilient infrastructure from a national and global perspective to support the development of CDRI
Concept Notes on different aspects of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure based on the outcomes of IWDRI 2019
Preparation of subst…