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The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) emphasizes the necessity to strengthen competencies, management and implementation capacities at different governance levels as a necessary condition to progress in the reduction of disaster risk and associated loss at global, regional, and local level. Specifically recognizing the fundamental…
Showcase Governments who successfully build disaster resilience towards drought, floods, and cyclones.
Africa is home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world. However, disasters continue to pose threats to lives and livelihoods and have resulted in reversing development gains. Global climate change is already affecting Africa as one of the most vulnerable continents, and hence has exacerbated existing disaster risks. Africa is also one of t…
Celebration of IDDR in the capital of Africa, Addis Ababa: The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia will celebrate the IDDR for the 6th time and for the 2nd time jointly with the African Union Commission (AUC) with participation of the African Permanent Missions. This year’s IDDR will be the first to be celebrated after the adoption…
UNISDR has turned its focus for the International Day for Disaster Reduction on 13 October on some one billion people around the world who live with some form of disability. This year UNISDR Regional Office for Arab States and WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean are organizing a joint event on the 22nd October at WHO premises to celebrate…
A regional launch has taken place on the 15th of September 2011 to present the report: “Natural Hazards, Un-Natural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention”. Earthquakes, droughts, floods and storms are natural hazards, but these hazards need not result in disasters. This report prepared by the World Bank in partnership with the United Natio…
The Arab region joins the rest of the world in facing an increase in natural hazards. The region is characterized by its harsh environment and has limited resilience to natural hazards events, which results in an increase in the number of natural disasters in the region. These disasters result from a group of factors including the increase in population…
The UNISDR West Asia, Middle East and North Africa Office, in collaboration with IFRC, organized the first Regional Consultative Meeting for community based organizations working in the field of disaster risk reduction (DRR). The meeting envisaged developing a better understanding of existing needs and capacities amongst stakeholders, and discussing how…
La Oficina de Naciones Unidades para la reducción del riesgo de desastres, conocida por sus siglas en inglés como UNISDR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) conjuntamente con el Consorcio de Seguridad y Emergencia de Lanzarote en su calidad de Socio de la Campaña de Ciudades Resilientes, tienen el placer de organizar estas Jornadas de Tr…
Overview Every year, the Periperi U Consortium meets to discuss progress in strengthening applied disaster risk scholarship in Africa. In 2013, this event has been reframed to coincide with the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, and will be convened in Geneva on 24 May. The 2013 Periperi U Seminar will be hosted by the Technical University o…
The Arab States regional consultation on the Post-2015 Framework on DRR (HFA2) will be organized as part of the first Arab Conference on DRR, co-organized by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), United Nations Development Programme - Jordan and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States (UNISD…
In French: Aujourd’hui, les sociétés à l’échelle mondiale se trouvent face à un à un enjeu fort qui sonne comme un défi : assurer un développement humain durable en impliquant l’innovation et la bonne gouvernance, tout en garantissant leur sécurité, la préservation de l’environnement et la sauvegarde des ressources naturelles. Au coeur de cet enjeu et d…
The overall goal is to make disaster risk reduction a national and community priority, in order to increase national and community resilience to disasters and impact of climate change. The specific objectives of the Consultative Meeting of Parliamentarians are threefold: 1. Update participants on global trends and progress in disaster risk reduction and…
The Ebola outbreak that affected Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone had severe socio-economic consequences. The affected countries have undertaken a remarkable effort to fight the devastating effects of the outbreak with the support of the international community. The focus now is on shifting from an emergency operation towards one of multi-faceted long-t…
The roundtable will track the ways the private sector employs the same principles as governments when it comes to disaster risk management strategies and use of legal and regulatory frameworks to anticipate, prepare for and manage shocks. The panel discussion will address the following key questions: How far does the business community adopt risk ma…

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