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GENEVA, 13 May, 2019 - Heads of media and UN agencies met today in Geneva to discuss how public service media and worldwide print and radio media outlets can contribute to reducing disaster risk, saving lives and fulfilling their mandate to further the public good. “Media outlets and global agencies play a critical role in alerting, informing and educa…
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CANCUN, Mexico, 26 May 2017 – Data is a vital raw material if countries are to meet the aims of an international agreement on lowering hazard threats,  the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction heard today, as a new monitoring report underscored what needs to be done. “We can’t change nature. But we can be prepared and ready if we have…
GENEVA, 23 July 2018 – The soaring rise in economic losses from extreme weather events fueled by climate change will be the focus of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13. The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, said today: “Economic losses from disasters in low and middle-…
DODOMA, 7 June 2018 - In September 2016, an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Nsunga in Kagera region, northwestern Tanzania, killing at least 19 people and injuring 253 others. A group of 15 boys from Ihungo Secondary School in Bukoba district were among the dead. Over 800 buildings were destroyed. But under an initiative by the government, in partne…
In French: Ce rapport résume les progrès et les contraintes apportées par le Sénégal comme un acteur du Cadre d'action de Hyogo (CAH) signé le 22 janvier 2005 à Kobe, au Japon par 168 pays. Le document exprime également les points de vue et des propositions pour un nouveau poste de cadre de 2015 pour la réduction des risques et catastrophes au Sénégal.…
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This publication reports on the outcomes of a pilot project to ‘operationalize’ the Making Cities Resilient Campaign in three cities in Africa – Narok and Kisumu in Kenya and Moshi in Tanzania, commenced in 2012 by the UNISDR regional office for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. It also describes disaster prevention activities undertaken by pilot cities, an…
The primary conviction of this report is driven by a concern that people’s exposure and vulnerability, experienced individually and collectively, continue to be twin challenges for the Asia-Pacific region. Faced with growing economic losses and increasingly vulnerable populations, this report has analyzed the drivers of risks and the strategies that are…
The overall aim of the training package is to increase awareness on natural hazards and disaster risk reduction (DRR) to key stakeholders with knowledge on disaster management to empower the actors to support their organizations in developing disaster resilient programs and projects. This training manual is for use in DRR training aimed at building the…
A desktop review of the effectiveness of drought contingency plans and planning in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia: This paper is a UNISDR contribution towards effective Drought Contingency Planning (DCP) for stakeholders and partners implementing drought risk reduction programmes in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA). It attempts to convert findings, concept…
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This study consists of a desk analysis of ten initially selected countries using available information provided by key informants from institutions working in those selected countries in disaster reduction project in the education sector. The four main dimensions identified are as follows: (i) hazards and risks knowledge, (ii) structural and non structu…
This inventory is an attempt to pull together the threads and to identify what does and what does not work in relation to legal, institutional and planning frameworks for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Africa. It aims to further support the strengthening or establishment of national platforms, definition of DRR policies and national action plans by id…
ASEAN Disaster Risk Management Initiative: This document reports on ASEAN member states’ disaster risks by carrying out a desk review of already available reports, studies, maps, analyses and assessments regarding disaster risks at the country and regional levels. It also analyses trans-boundary disaster risks and their effects, projected losses in th…
Dans le cadre de son mandat de point focal pour le Cadre d’Actions de Hyogo (CAH) le secrétariat de la ONU/SIPC (UNISDR) appuie la mise en place et le renforcement des Plates-formes nationales pour la Réduction des Risques de Catastrophes (RRC). Le Sénégal et le Madagascar ont été choisis pour bénéficier d’un soutien à la mise en place de leurs Plates-f…
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19 November 2019 - 20 November 2019
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UNDRR launched the online Sendai Framework Monitor system (SFM) in March 2018. The SFM is an accountability tool to assist countries in monitoring, assessing and evaluating progress and challenges in the implementation of disaster risk reduction (DRR) at the global, national, sub-national and local levels. This training will support Malawi in its effor…
Translating commitments into action: the right pathway towards delivering on the Sendai Framework in Africa Specific objectives and expected outcomes of the Fifteenth session of the AWGDRR are summarised below: Objectives: To evaluate regional progress (with focus on the implementation of prioritized actions in the Tunis Declaration and commitments…

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