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This Senior Level South Eastern Europe event, focusing on disaster risk reduction, is hosted by the Italian Civil Protection and co-organised with the World Bank, UNISDR Europe Office, and the European Commission. This event will take place in the context of the South East Europe Disaster Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Programme (SEEDRMAP), developed in…
The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP), which takes place every two years, is the global forum for accelerating world-wide momentum on disaster risk reduction. As the primary gathering for the world’s disaster risk community, it brings together Governments, UN, international regional organizations and institutions, NGOs, scientific/academi…
Vacancy
Closing date:
20 October 2015
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity Background information: 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 reduce associated environment…
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Closing date:
02 October 2011
Vacancy: ISDR/C/25/2011 United Nations Core Values: Integrity - Professionalism - Respect for diversity Background UNISDR is the secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. It was created in December 1999 and is part of the UN Secretariat with the purpose of ensuring the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster R…
Vacancy
Closing date:
03 October 2011
Vacancy: ISDR/C/24/2011. Previous closing date: 02 Oct 2011 United Nations Core Values: Integrity - Professionalism - Respect for diversity Background UNISDR is the secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. It was created in December 1999 and is part of the UN Secretariat with the purpose of ensuring the implementation of the…
Vacancy
Closing date:
02 May 2010
Vacancy Notice number: ISDR/C/11/2010 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 r…
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The high risk emanating from the increasing number of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure systems at national or local level is only now beginning to be understood. The cascading effect of that risk beyond the system under attack into allied and interconnected fields can be even more devastating, creating chaos to major economic, food and health sy…
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Authorized by the State of Florida Legislature in 2000, the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model (FPHLM) provides the state with a fair, open, and transparent tool for reviewing insurance company rate requests. The intent was to ensure fair pricing for both consumers and insurance companies. The model acts as a check on private sector models in determi…
This document presents the methodology and key findings of a policy-benchmarking framework that assesses country-specific policies and institutions for disaster risk management. The report is in response to a global shift towards improved disaster risk management; a growing number of countries have national agencies tasked with monitoring natural h…
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The year 2015 was a landmark for UNISDR with the agreement of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan and its adoption by all Member States through General Assembly Resolution 69/284 in June 2015. UNISDR’s commitment to coherence was fruitful…
To better understand the current capacities and needs of the hotel industry in disaster resilience, this study aims to analyze the business context and its needs for specific disaster risk management standards, and make recommendations on how those standards could be most effective in reducing disaster risks. This study conducted 17 semi-structured int…
This disaster risk reduction situation report explains the drivers of disaster risk in Nepal and draws attention to the efforts that have been undertaken to reduce these risks. Within these efforts special attention is paid to the economics of DRR, insurance and risk transfer, critical infrastructure, cultural heritage, and health and health facilities.…
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This monthly newsletter highlights UNISDR activities around the world. This issue reports on: (i) the start of consultations on a new international blueprint for reducing disaster losses in advance of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction; (ii) the Sixth World Water Forum's disaster risk reduction (DRR) pledge; (iii) private sector's risk revolutio…
Estimates of the cost of disasters paint a partial picture of their true toll, in terms of human lives and economic, developmental and social impacts.To make sustainable development a core component of disaster recovery, we must strengthen data governance, and we must increase the capacities for contemporary data management and its use.

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