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Displaying 30 of about 42 resultsThe Chamber of Commerce of Serbia (PKS) and the United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia organized a workshop on "Risk Assessment Methodology for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Serbia". The workshop took place on February 8, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia and gathered various stakeholders i…
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Background
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of th…
This paper includes analysis, synthesis and propositions for the improvement of the current situation related to natural disaster issues in the education process in Serbia. The authors focus on curricula in geography as well as policy documents such as laws and regulations referring to education and disasters. The paper also presents the only…
GENEVA, 21 February 2012 - The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR, today said the European Flood Alert System could soon be put to its greatest test since widespread flooding ten years ago led to its creation by the European Commission.
The UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, said s…
This report analyses disaster risks for South Eastern Europe at both the country and sub-regional levels, emphasizing transboundary disaster risks and their effects. Risk assessments for all the member countries have been prepared, and country-level and regional issues and potential areas of cooperation are addressed. The report was developed by the Sou…
This publication summarises the findings of an independent assessment of the South Eastern Europe Disaster Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Programme (SEEDRMAP). It highlights the achievements and the challenges faced by SEEDRMAP and provides recommendations for a sustainable long term impact of the programme and the promotion of disaster risk reduction (…
BELGRADE, 1 October 2014 – Following devastating floods and landslides earlier this year affecting over one million people, a major regional insurance conference opens today in Belgrade to highlight the benefits that disaster risk financing can bring to a region where there is a growing culture of disaster risk reduction through implementation of the pr…
UNISDR and WMO started in May 2012 the joint implementation of the project “Building Resilience to Disasters in the Western Balkans and Turkey”. The project is supported by the European Commission DG Enlargement through the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA). The beneficiaries are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of…
Objectives and targets
Today, the country regulators in Albania, Serbia and FYR of Macedonia do not have the technical capacity to adequately assess companies’ risk exposures to earthquake risk nor can it evaluate the adequacy and credit quality of their reinsurance programs. Hence, their main interest in the project is based on the expectation of rece…
To guide Europe’s implementation of the four priorities of action and seven global targets of the Sendai Framework, the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) agreed to develop a roadmap that will focus on activities for the immediate period 2015 – 2030 and provide an overview for the entire 15-year span of the Framework.
To provide a start…
Report for the period 2007-2009:
The main objective of this report is to identify key trends in terms of progress made and challenges faced at both national and regional levels through the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in Europe between 2007 and 2009.
This review includes elements based on reports received from countries and r…
ISTANBUL, Turkey, 26 March 2017 – Efforts to curb the threats posed by natural and human-induced hazards will go off track if they keep women and girls out of the picture, experts told Europe’s top disaster risk forum today.
Sidelining half of society is completely wrongheaded, Ms. Hiba Qasas, Chief, Crisis Prevention, Preparedness and Response at UN W…
The training is expected to enhance capacity of government officials for resilient recovery and empower them to better coordinate the post disaster long term recovery.
Organized by Chamber of Commerce and Industry Serbia, Republic of Serbia Government Public Investment Management Office, Republic of Serbia Ministry of Interior and UNDRR, and with the generous financial support of USAID, this online event brought together over 40 representatives from local self-governments (LSGs) and small and medium sized en…
Cities from Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, North Macedonia, Romania and Serbia have initiated efforts to adopt holistic strategies for disaster risk reduction at local level, following resilience assessments carried out with UNDRR support.
City representatives ran assessments across a set of 10 essential dimensions for local level resilience building look…