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Vacancy
Closing date:
25 April 2010
Vacancy number: ISDR/C/12/2010 Background The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multi-disciplinary and multistakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and to reduce associated environmental, human and economic and social risk and losses. A range of…
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TBILISI, 11 November 2015 – Officials from Central Asia and the South Caucasus have come together to craft a roadmap to make the region’s cities more resilient by implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Drawing delegates from host country Georgia and Caucasus neighbour Armenia, as well as Central Asian states Kazakhstan and Kyrgy…
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YEREVAN, 13 December 2016 – Countries around the world need to bridge gaps in public understanding of disaster risk, otherwise they will keep facing human and economic blows, according to experts at an international conference. Scores of specialists have gathered this week in the Armenian capital Yerevan to share lessons on connecting the “last mile” b…
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YEREVAN, 16 December 2016 – Hi-tech tools are a powerful means to reduce the impacts of hazards and enable communities to recover faster if disaster strikes, experts at an international risk and development conference said this week. From software that maps recovery projects, to standalone servers that can provide critical web-based information when ne…
This document summarizes the outcomes of the Programme Forum and presents the progress made in disaster prevention and risk reduction during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It also addresses major concerns in disaster risk management related to education, capacity development, social impact and vulnerability, civil socie…
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YEREVAN, 16 February 2016 – In a country that suffered a devastating earthquake almost three decades ago, private sector researchers are helping to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction by harnessing data to lessen the impact of future shakes. The team members at Armenian firm Georisk spend their working days crunching numbers to f…
About: UNISDR and the Government of Armenia, a leader in disaster risk reduction, are pleased to announce about the "Public Awareness as a Cornerstone of DRR and Sustainable Development" 3rd International Conference to be held on December 15-16 in Yerevan, Armenia. "Media, Public Awareness, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Pre…

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