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Third congress on women in politics and governance: focus on gender, climate change and disaster risk reduction

unisdr.org –

Overall purpose To provide a forum for legislators and decision-makers in national governments and leaders at all levels in formulating gender-responsive legislation and programs related to gender in climate change and disaster risk reduction. Specific objectives a) to understand the phenomenon of climate change, its impacts, and its implications and study the appropriate risk reduction strategy; b) to review and examine the gender aspects in climate change and disaster risk reduction more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on October 15, 2008

International Symposium on 'Earthquake Safer Housing' and Expert Meeting

uncrd.or.jp –

UNCRD will be holding an International Symposium on “From Code to Practice: Challenges in Building Code Implementation” in Tokyo, Japan on 28 November 2008 as part of the International Symposium on “Earthquake Safer Housing,” which is being co-organized by BRI, GRIPS, and UNCRD. The objectives of UNCRD’s session are: (a) To disseminate the experiences gained through UNCRD's HESI project being carried out in the four countries of Algeria, Indonesia, Nepal, and Peru; (b) To share the more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on November 06, 2008

Second India Disaster Management Congress

nidm.gov.in –

'Encouraged by the resounding success of the First India Disaster Management Congress NIDM (National Institute of Disaster Management) has decided to organize the Second India Disaster Management Congress in New Delhi on 4-6, February 2009 on an even larger scale.'

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on August 25, 2008

Disaster Risk Management in the Information Age

web.worldbank.org –

'The key objective of this workshop is to raise awareness of World Bank operational staff on the opportunities to improve the impact of disaster risk management projects via innovative and effective use of ICT and to help them understand better key lessons learned, success factors and good practices. A series of case studies and presentations will discuss the enabling and transformational role of ICT applications throughout the full cycle of Disaster Risk Management activities: risk assessment, more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on October 08, 2008

International conference on critical infrastructure protection and resilience (ICCR) 2008

preventionweb.net –

The conference motto for the ICCR 2008 is: expanding the concept of CIP from protection to resilience. The ICCR 2008 will address various CIP issues and attract participants from all over the world. We expect more than 150 participants from 50 countries. The ICCR is an associated conference to the IDRC Davos 2008, which takes place on 25-29 August. The conference will take an integrated, multidisciplinary approach when addressing the different aspects of CIP and resilience. It more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on May 22, 2008

Training on 'Process Documentation of Development Interventions

parivartan.org.in –

Parivartan announces a three day (9th to 11th September 2008) training programme on Process Documentation of Development Interventions at Delhi. Training Outcomes: At the end of the training, the participants will be able to: Understand and explain the meaning and consolidate knowledge on documenting process Understand the methodology and improve skills for using tools and techniques Strengthen communication skills and capture processes on the ground. Who should attend: This more...

Added by Amrat Singh to Disaster Prevention & Response on August 13, 2008

Disaster Management: Response & Recovery 08

futuregov.net –

DMRR is Asia’s largest gathering of disaster preparedness and emergency response professionals, and the only regional event to focus on: • Threat assessment & disaster risk reduction • Building capacity for greater resilience • Interagency cooperation & partnership initiatives • Creating the most robust emergency plans • Effective & interoperable emergency communications • Best practices in emergency response & crisis management

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on September 03, 2008

Discuss and Comment! Draft Standards for Economic Recovery after Crisis

communities.seepnetwork.org –

The SEEP Network invites you to discuss and comment on our draft Standards for Economic Recovery after Crisis! The Economic Recovery Standards were spearheaded by the SEEP Network and written by a dedicated group of 35 practitioners from 25 development organizations. Based on the Sphere format, the Standards address strategies and interventions to promote enterprises, employment, and cash flow and asset management in conflict- and disaster-affected areas. We are inviting comments and more...

Added by Carmen Villegas Caballero to Disaster Prevention & Response on July 25, 2008

24th Conference of the Danubian countries on the hydrological forecasting and hydrological bases of water management

preventionweb.net –

Conference topics: 1. Hydrological forecasting • Real-time informational forecasting systems • Models for rainfall-runoff processes • Other hydrological forecast models 2. Hydro-meteorological extremes, floods and droughts • Meteorological data and hydrological modeling • Long-term statistical methods • Examples of extreme flood and drought events 3. Global climate change and hydrological processes • Climate change impact on the hydrological cycle • Hydrological more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on May 22, 2008

School Safety: Uttar Pradesh Initiative

preventionweb.net –

This paper documents the processes developed for the partnership between the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Programme-Uttar Pradesh and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) of elementary education department Uttar Pradesh to ensure school safety a major initiative. It does not claim to capture all the processes in their entirety, but tries to focus on documenting the overall impact, government intervention and strategies involved in it through different exercises like interview with various more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on July 23, 2009

Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

gechs.org –

This report from 2008 is a good summary of the links between climate change, disasters and human security. It provides a good introduction to the issues covering the effect of climate change on extreme events, vulnerability to both disasters and climate change and ways to link the 2 approaches.&nThe focus is on the need for and benefit of synergies and cooperation between the disaster risk and climate change adaptation communities.

Added by Ben Smith to Disaster Prevention & Response on September 04, 2009

Contexts and Policy Framework of Disaster Risk Reduction: Sustainable Development

unisdr.org –

In today’s world, societies are confronted with rapid change. Therefore, the value of disaster risk reduction can only be realized through rigorous identification and continuous evaluation of the relationships that exist between the beliefs and conditions in which people live, the changing environment people inhabit and depend upon for their livelihoods, and the forces of nature.Political support for disaster risk reduction has to be established from the apex of political power but is only more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 22, 2009

Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction: Good Practice

preventionweb.net –

This report identifies ten risk reduction practices which were successfully implemented in the pilot communities and are replicable elsewhere. Its objective is to encourage knowledge and experience sharing among communities, organizations and other disaster risk reduction (DRR) stakeholders for the benefit of all those vulnerable to natural disasters, especially floods.The report is an outcome of a study conducted by an independent consultant through a series of consultations and interviews more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on July 23, 2009

World Refugee Day

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For years, many countries and regions have been holding their own refugee days and even weeks. One of the most widespread is Africa Refugee Day, which is celebrated on June 20 in several countries. As an expression of solidarity with Africa, which hosts the most refugees, and which traditionally has shown them great generosity, the United Nations General Assembly decided that, from 2001, June 20 would be celebrated as World Refugee Day.

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on April 13, 2009

Fighting Hunger and Poverty in Ethiopia

drylands-group.org –

Drought, poverty, famine and war are not new to Ethiopia. However, in spite of the efforts of the present Government to address poverty and hunger, in 2003, a further 13 million people required international assistance, against an annual average of some 5 million, and GDP growth dropped 3.8%. A total of 1.85 million metric tons was provided at a cost of approximately US$800 million. Despite following an aggressive reform agenda, and establishing a Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction more...

Added by Middlebrook-Miller LLC to Disaster Prevention & Response on March 13, 2009

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