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Displaying 4 of about 4 resultsThe International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), Regional Office for Africa in collaboration with the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) with the support of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), have organized the West Africa sub-regional training workshop on risk assessment in Dakar, Senegal.
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ISDR, in partnership with UNDP, OCHA, SADC, UNAIDS, WFP, UNICEF and USAID, is in preparation for the Southern Africa regional flooding and cyclone training workshop scheduled for 13-15 October. Agenda and invitation letters jointly signed by Scholastica Kimaryo, Deputy Chair of the UN RDT together with Kelly David, Chair of RIACSO have…
Background and Introduction
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction is the global blueprint for disaster risk reduction (DRR). Adopted at the Third UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in March 2015, it was the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda, with seven global targets and four priorities fo…
Background and Introduction
Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social development and much more. At their best, cities have enabled people to advance socially and economically. Yet now that half of the world’s population live in cities, making sustainable and resilient cities - amidst a changing climate, rapidly deplet…