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Displaying 7 of about 7 resultsReflections on the role of the educational community in risk management:
This document aims to prompt reflection on what exactly constitutes as a safe school: offering a resistible infrastructure in the event of a disaster or one that will also ensure the child’s right to education in an emergency situation. It is aimed at authorities, teachers, techni…
Investing in resilience - accelerating the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the Americas:
A declaration in which the participants of the Regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas acknowledge the work being developed in the region surrounding disaster risk reduction, as guided by the principles and priorities set o…
This paper highlights some aspects of a meeting with subregional, regional and international organizations specializing in disaster risk reduction held in Panama City, on 13 and 14 December 2010 on: (i) the institutional framework for disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean, including the preparation of national progress reports on th…
This report is intended as a tool for decision-making, organization and implementation of strategies in the event that schools are used as temporary shelters, presenting considerations and reflections on education and protection of children's rights in the humanitarian agenda, advantages and disadvantages of using schools as shelters, preparations that…
El objetivo general del catálogo de herramientas y recursos de información sobre Preparativos para Desastres en Educación es apoyar la promoción y el fortalecimiento de una cultura de gestión del riesgo proporcionado herramientas y recursos de información desarrollados en contextos específicos pero con la flexibilidad de ser aplicados en otros lugares.…
This declaration of children and youth for the resilience of Latin America and the Caribbean was submitted at the fourth thematic session of the regional platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Americas (RP14). The children, adolescents and young built the declaration based on six thematic areas that emerged or were identified during the consu…
This publication focuses on the importance of education in disaster prevention and makes recommendations on how to support and build on local and national initiatives to reduce the risk of disasters through education. It provides a brief overview of major hazards and disaster risks in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States…