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Displaying 4 of about 4 resultsUNISDR Regional Office for Arab states is hosting a 2 day workshop to bring together key experts working with local governments in the region to discuss and review the Arabic version of the local-urban indicators that will build on the Ten Essentials of the Making Cities Resilient campaign and will be aligned with Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Redu…
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In the Arab region, the League of Arab States (LAS) is taking the lead in promoting the integration of disaster risk reduction in key regional policies on climate change, environment and disaster management coordination mechanisms. It also supports and calls for the implementation of HFA at the regional and national levels and promotes the c…
By Berta Acero
CAIRO, 18 October 2011 - Some of the biggest media houses in the world from the Times of India to the Philippines Daily Inquirer to Caracol Television in Colombia have now participated in media training on disaster risk reduction organized by UNISDR, the United Nations office for disaster reduction, with the support of ECHO, the Europea…
CAIRO, 23 May 2012 – A regional meeting of experts held in Cairo could result in a doubling of the number of Arab countries that systematically report on disaster losses.
UNISDR brought together over 40 participants from 15 Arab countries to discuss and exchange experiences on establishing national disaster loss databases. These disaster inventories (…