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Despite scarce resources, major strategies have been implemented individually in different countries to improve school preparedness, resilience, response and recovery.   To ensure political commitment at the regional and national level, the First Caribbean Ministerial Safe School Forum was organized in April 2017 in Antigua and Barbuda, during whic…
Registration is open Overview  The Asia Pacific Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (APSTCDRR) 2022 will be hosted by the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Office of Civil Defense, Department of Science and Technology, National Resilience Council, United Nations Office for Disaster…
The American University in Dubai is organizing a special lecture led by Ms. Mami Mizutori, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction on Disaster Risk Reduction for Business Resilience: Why bother? University Background: The evolution of the American University in Dubai began as a fact-finding mission in 199…
UNDRR ROAS aims to cultivate the next generation of leaders, and to ensure they are looped into decision-making conversations about their future by educating and equipping them with skills and knowledge related to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and enabling them to realize their role as agents of change, they will be able to make meaningful and effective…
In person
13 December 2023 - 15 December 2023
Helsinki and Vantaa, Finland
This event is invite-onlyDisaster risk reduction is everyone’s business. Different groups have varying sets of skills, resources, and knowledge to reduce risk and help relief efforts. An all-of-society and comprehensive security approach is critical for achieving the outcomes and goals of the Sendai Framework and for building resilient communities. This…
In person
27 November 2017 - 30 November 2017
Background The Model Safe School Programme (MSSP) is designed to assist Participating States with implementing processes that result in safer and greener educational facilities. Its Toolkit comprises a policy that can be adopted by governments and Ministries of Education, tools for assessing the level of safety and greenness of schools, a template Emer…
In person
13 November 2017 - 17 November 2017
The Model Safe School Programme (MSSP) is designed to assist Participating States with implementing processes that result in safer and greener educational facilities. Its Toolkit comprises a policy that can be adopted by governments and Ministries of Education, tools for assessing the level of safety and greenness of schools, a template Emergency/Disast…
In person
09 October 2017 - 13 October 2017
Background The Model Safe School Programme (MSSP) is designed to assist Participating States with implementing processes that result in safer and greener educational facilities. Its Toolkit comprises a policy that can be adopted by governments and Ministries of Education, tools for assessing the level of safety and greenness of schools, a template Emer…
Watch recording Time 14:00 – 17:30 (JST) About Building on the three previous World Tsunami Museum Conferences, the Fourth World Tsunami Museum Conference (WTMC4) will be held at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University, Sendai City, Japan with a focus on “Roles of Youth and Tsunami Museums for resili…
In person
05 November 2019
New York
Purpose The 2019 World Tsunamis Awareness Day (WTAD) events in New York are part of the annual global campaign to raise awareness of the risk posed by tsunamis and the need to build more resilient and inclusive societies. As part of a multi-hazard approach to disaster risk reduction, participants will reflect on the importance of reducing tsunam…
In person
03 October 2017 - 06 October 2017
Background The Model Safe School Programme (MSSP) is designed to assist Participating States with implementing processes that result in safer and greener educational facilities. Its Toolkit comprises a policy that can be adopted by governments and Ministries of Education, tools for assessing the level of safety and greenness of schools, a template Emer…
UNISDR Regional Office for Arab States in coordination with the League of Arab States will organize a three-day event in Marsa Alam, Egypt with youth engaged in fields related to biodiversity, climate change, disaster risk reduction, maritime sciences, urban development in coastal cities, and sea and/or coastal protection. The three-day event will…
UNDRR ROAMC, UNICEF, UNESCO & IFRC Webinar - Youth engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Languages:  English and Spanish (simultaneous translation). Countries within Latin America and the Caribbean are vulnerable to a range of natural hazards including droughts, floods, hurricanes, earthq…
In person
06 November 2017 - 10 November 2017
Background The Model Safe School Programme (MSSP) is designed to assist Participating States with implementing processes that result in safer and greener educational facilities. Its Toolkit comprises a policy that can be adopted by governments and Ministries of Education, tools for assessing the level of safety and greenness of schools, a template Emer…
Watch recording         UNESCO, UNDRR, UNDP Accelerator Lab, and U-INSPIRE Alliance are implementing a series of activities around promoting Future Thinking on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The aim of these activities is to leverage the collective intelligence and frontier thinking of youth and young professi…

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