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[UNDRR GETI & UNITAR curso ACESIBLE de aprendizaje virtua] Desarrollando ciudades resilientes: Elaboración de Estrategias Locales de Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres y de Resiliencia (2020 Edición de Invierno, Curso Accesible)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
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[UNDRR GETI & UNITAR ACCESSIBLE E-learning Course] Making cities resilient: Developing local disaster risk reduction and resilience strategies (2020 winter edition, ACCESSIBLE course)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Agnes Titus, Nazareth Centre for Rehabilitation in Bougainville
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Women’s Leadership in the Pacific: Trailblazer opens world of disaster management to women

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, women leaders in the Pacific have been able to carve a larger space to bring the voices and perspectives of women and girls to the policy tables and influence disaster preparedness and response. Ms Agnes Titus, of

First network meeting for ARISE, the Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies, in the UAE

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Dubai, UAE
https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/2020/cdp-at-the-high-level-political-forum-hlpf-2020/
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Governments call for a greater focus on prevention and “Building Back Better” post-COVID

National and local governments, civil society representatives, the private sector, academia and the United Nations system gathered virtually in July 2020 for the annual High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). Discussions on this year
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[UNDRR GETI, UNDRR ROAF, UNDRR ROAS & UCLG Africa Online Training] Online Capacity Building Workshop on Urban Risk-Informed Planning and Making Cities Resilient

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
United Cities and Local Governments - Africa
Youth and a COVID-19 awareness mural, Fiji
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Engaging the Youth of the Pacific: Young artists paint a way to COVID-19 safety

Colourful murals have been used to deliver life-saving messages on COVID-19 in some of Fiji’s poorest communities. Young community members, along with local artists, used their painting skills to create vivid images that have delivered simple yet powerful
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[UNDRR GETI, WHO & UNITAR Curso en Línea] Resiliencia de los Gobiernos Locales: Un Enfoque Multisectorial para integrar la Salud Pública y la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
World Health Organization
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
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[UNDRR GETI, WHO & UNITAR E-learning Course] Resilience of local governments: A multi-sectoral approach to integrate public health and disaster risk management

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
World Health Organization
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
JCE employees practice evacuation decision-making in an EVAG game workshop.
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Private sector experience in Japan: Supporting disaster preparedness for evacuations under COVID-19

The shared trauma and experiences of disasters over the decades have helped shape Japan’s unique disaster culture, where all segments of society contribute to disaster prevention and mitigation. The current COVID-19 pandemic has been no exception, and