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By Dizery Salim GENEVA, 10 November 2011 – Eighteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have agreed to tighten up on school safety while also integrating disaster risk reduction into the school curriculum, following high-level talks on education in Panama City. Between 1970 and 2009, over 32,000 schools in South America were damaged or destro…
Background and Introduction “Making cities sustainable and resilient: implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the local level” is a three-year initiative by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), supported by the European Commission…
Con el objetivo de dar a conocer los avances del país en materia de gestión de riesgo para prevenir desastres, se llevó a cabo en Tegucigalpa un taller de consulta, en el cual participaron miembros de distintas organizaciones gubernamentales y privadas; Honduras fue uno de los seis países de Latinoamérica elegido para realizar dicha consulta, cuyos resu…
Se realizó en Honduras el día 9 de Octubre el “Taller Nacional de Consulta y Divulgación sobre Gestión Integral del Riesgo”, evento realizado en conmemoración del Día Internacional para la Reducción de los Desastres. El Taller fue un espacio donde representantes del gobierno nacional, organismos intergubernamentales, organismos internacionales, donante…
Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning (PDRP) is the pro-active process of anticipating future recovery issues, developing a scenario-based recovery plan, and building the capacity to improve recovery outcomes – all before a disaster happens. UNISDR jointly with the Disaster Prevention Center of Central America (CEPREDENAC, for its Spanish acronym) and with te…
La Comisión Permanente de Contingencias COPECO y el Proyecto “Fortalecimiento de Ia Reducción de Riesgo de Desastres en Centro America, por medio de Ia implementación del MAH y de Ia PCGIR a nivel local, nacional y regional” y DIPECHO 2012-2013 (UNISDR- CEPREDENAC), tenemos el agrado de dirigirnos a usted, con el propósito de invitarle a participar en e…
TEGUCIGALPA, 11 May 2012 - Weak disaster preparedness and recovery planning in two of the world's most disaster-prone countries were discussed over four days this week by government officials, mayors, local government representatives and international risk management experts in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as they seek to develop national disaster recovery pl…
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This book was published for launch at the third Session of Global Platform for Disaster Reduction (GPDR) and it is the latest in a series of volumes addressing natural disasters, and how their impact can be reduced by effective capacity building and prevention strategies. The book presents a selection of examples and experiences of disaster reduction t…
UNISDR-ROAM/MNR/HOND/004/2013 1. Nombre del proyecto Formación de capacidades para la planificación de la recuperación de desastres en la región Centroamericana con apoyo de la International Recovery Platform (IRP), UNISDR y en coordinación con CEPREDENAC. 2. Lugar de Trabajo y Duración de la consultoría La consultoría se realizará en el país, por…
In Spanish:Metodología del intercambio • Aprendizaje sobre métodos y estrategias, compromisos de los 10 puntos de ciudades resiliente, entrenar a las autoridades Locales en Instrumentos Políticos, Plataforma Global en la Estrategia Internacional para la Reducción de Desastre. • Capacitar y formar a los Líderes de Base en procesos para mitigación y pre…
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Interview with Cinthia Borjas, Chief of the Municipal Office of Tegulcigalpa What are the greatest challenges facing your city? In the past we have built immovable pillars for policy and normative issues by topic so it is a challenge to empower actors in different institutions. We have regional and global frameworks but we need to translate these to…
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This monthly newsletter highlights UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) the progresses on the "Making Cities Resilient" Campaign and the release of the Handbook for local government leaders: how to make cities more resilient; (ii) using GIS for disaster risk reduction (DRR); (iii) a new Massachusetts Institute of Technology and…

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