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NEW YORK, 13 April 2012 - There was a strong call for "the incorporation of disaster risk reduction in any future framework for sustainable development" during the UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on Disaster Risk Reduction yesterday which served as a major curtain raiser for Rio+20. Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bob Carr, delivered a sta…
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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…
La Secretaría de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros del Perú, el Centro Nacional de Estimación, Prevención y Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (CENEPRED), el Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil (INDECI) y la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR), junto con los socios del…
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PANAMA CITY, 22 December 2016 – A network of hundreds of cities across South America has pledged to step up regional efforts to reduce disaster risk and boost sustainable development. The 21st edition of the Mercocities Summit, held in Santa Fe, Argentina, put the focus squarely on the links between climate change, poverty and damaging development. “W…
In Spanish: El objetivo general del taller es generar un espacio para la reflexión y el intercambio de experiencias en materia de fortalecimiento de la organización y la coordinación de los Sistemas / Plataformas Nacionales derivados del trabajo en torno al análisis de procesos de gestión del riesgo realizados en la Subregión Andina, haciendo énfasis en…
Job Opening number : 15-United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat-42904-Consultant United Nations Core Values: Integrity ● Professionalism ● Respect for diversity Duties And Responsibilities Promote activities and processes, in coordination with personnel of UNISDR Americas and the regional liaison officer, for the di…
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24 August 2010
Vacancy Notice number: ISDR/IC/23/2010 United Nations Core Values: Integrity • Professionalism • Respect for diversity Background: The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and to…
Background According to recent figures, in 2011, there were a total of 302 disaster events in 98 countries, which killed 29,782 people, affected about 260,00 people and caused economic losses estimated at US$ 366 billion. The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) indicated that the Americas ranked second in the terms of global occ…
UNISDR-ROAM/DIP/PER/009/2013 1. Nombre del proyecto: Fortalecimiento de la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (RRD) en América del Sur a través de un mayor fomento de las prioridades del Marco de Acción de Hyogo (MAH) a nivel local, nacional y regional 2013-2014 2. Duración de la consultoría: 17 meses con periodo de prueba de los primeros tres (3) mese…
The objective of this technical note is to document the Peruvian experience with incorporating disaster risk management in public investment decision-making. This process is considered in the light of the overall advances achieved in the promotion of disaster risk reduction in Peru, particularly during the last decade. The narrative is primarily ba…
This report describes major activities and events related to the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) in the Americas, and discusses experiences, achievements and challenges in disaster risk reduction (DRR) of all the countries in the region. The report provides summaries of the assessment of achievements during IDNDR, highlighti…
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LIMA, 25 May 2012 - Peru launched a recruitment drive this week for UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient campaign and 14 municipalities signed up yesterday in Lima to deliver on the campaign's "Ten Essentials." Peru was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in January and has lost thousands of its citizens in three major earthquakes dating back to 1946. Milli…
La Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNDRR), a través de la Campaña Mundial Desarrollando Ciudades Resilientes: Mi Ciudad se está preparando, ha desarrollado una serie de metodologías y herramientas que permiten a las  ciudades evaluar su resiliencia frente a desastres y formular su plan de acción para la red…
Interview with Veladio Erazo Masgo, Deputy Manager of Disaster Risk at the municipality of San Juan de Lurigancho Question: What are the greatest challenges facing your city? The biggest challenge that we face is the local authority engagement and increasing the knowledge of the importance of disaster risk reduction. Another challenge is how to shar…

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