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Displaying 75 of about 100 resultsThe City of Hoboken is proud to announce the Hoboken Resilience Run, a 5K and Fun Run for post Hurricane Sandy recovery. The run, which will take place on Saturday, April 6, 2013, is being organized in support of a global UN initiative – the “Making Cities Resilient” campaign, led by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
In late October 2…
The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) in partnership with UNISDR has selected Burundi to launch the national discussion process on HFA implementation and post-HFA in Central Africa. This consultative process aims to arrive at a common position of states and contribute to the preparation of a synthesis report of the Africa on the Post-…
Open informal session of the United Nations Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities
Towards the fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
This event is an interactive forum for Governments, national authorities, United Nations system entities, private sector and civil society to examine how space-based-technology applica…
In 2011 the Pacific region endorsed the development of an integrated regional strategy for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change (CC) by 2015 at a series of Pacific regional meetings. The integrated regional strategy is to succeed the existing Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management Framework for Action (RFA) and the Pacific…
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…
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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…
Au regard des insuffisances constatées en matière de préparation, des mécanismes de coordination et du rôle des différents acteurs pendant les fortes inondations d’avril 2012, le Gouvernement de l’Union des Comores a mis en place, une Plateforme nationale pour la Prévention et la Réduction des Risques de catastrophes (PNPRRC). Cette nouvelle institution…
The usefulness of disaster risk reduction to reduce violence is one of the main topics to be addressed during the Global Forum on Violence and Public Safety, in the context of high-level discussions that will shape the post-2015 development agenda and in the proximity of the deadline for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
This meeting wi…
This is the second formal meeting of the "DRR in Arab States Group", set up as a distinct group to promote and collaborate on DRR in the Arab States region. The meeting is open to all international partners working on DRR in Arab States. The newly formed group replaces the previous working group set up as part of the MENA group of humanitarian agencies…
The aim of this training is to improve the capacities and knowledge of the decision-makers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on disaster risk reduction and the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). It also seeks to strengthen the capacity of the GCC countries to monitor and report on the HFA.
In this conference Ms Margareta Wahlström, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, will help participants explore ways for businesses to build resilience to disasters. This will be a joint session between the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and Crossroads Foundation. Duri…
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is pleased to convene a four day workshop ‘City to City learning , local level consultations for Post 2015 DRR Framework (HFA2)’ engaging the cities from the SAARC region, Iran and Korea as part of the “Making Cities Resilient Campaign: My City is Getting Ready” from 10–13 December 2013 in Inc…
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and and SM Prime Holdings, Inc. will be hosting, for the second year, over thirty Chief Executive Officers and top managers from the region at the Top Leaders Forum.
This event is a platform where challenges and opportunities of disaster risk will be explored. The event will include presentations fr…
The 2014 meeting of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management, held on 02-04 June in Suva, Fiji, was an important milestone of the ‘Roadmap’ process and in receiving valuable Pacific stakeholder input on elements of the successor of the Hyogo Framework for Action, all contributing to the determination of disaster and climate resilience in the br…
Este informe contiene información sobre las tendencias del riesgo de desastres a nivel global, los avances en cuanto a la implementación del Marco de Acción de Hyogo y un análisis detallado de varios aspectos de actualidad sobre la gestión del riesgo, que incluye la forma cómo el riesgo de desastres afecta al sector privado, los riesgos ocultos de la gl…