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USA: NOAA launches flood safety awareness week
15 Mar 2010, NOAA
According to NOAA, flooding is a coast to coast threat to the US and its territories all year round. The 'National Flood Safety Awareness week' is intended to highlight some of the many ways floods can occur, the hazards associated with floods, and what can be done to save lives and property...
Extracts of progress reports by progress indicator on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Indicator 1.2 [PDF, 110Kb]Dedicated and adequate resources are available to implement disaster risk reduction plans and activities at all administrative levels
- Indicator 3.4 [PDF, 102Kb]Countrywide public awareness strategy exists to stimulate a culture of disaster resilience, with outreach to urban and rural communities
- Indicator 5.1 [PDF, 98Kb]Strong policy, technical and institutional capacities and mechanisms for disaster risk management, with a disaster risk reduction perspective are in place
- La prise en charge des risques naturels par les sciences humaines et sociales (in French)18-22 Mar 2010, Algeria (Bab Ezzouar)
- 2010 Third annual Pacific preparedness conference: capacity building to address vulnerable populations in natural disasters31 Mar 2010, United States of America (Honolulu)
- Online training certificates on climate change adaptation in Africa01 Apr - 31 Jul 2010 (tentative)
- MSc- Community wellbeing in disaster and developmentNorthumbria Univ, United Kingdom (Newcastle)
- Disaster risk management: the case of earthquakesUNIGE, Switzerland (Geneva)
- Masters in development and management (disaster studies)ACDS
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Building community resilience to natural disasters through partnership: sharing experience and expertise in the region2009, ESCAP
- Technical guide for the implementation of a regional climate information system applied to the agricultural risk management in the Andean countries2009, CIIFEN
- Lecciones aprendidas de Clima Latino: encuentro internacional sobre cambio climático en América Latina2009, CAN
- Plan for Haiti : UNISDR's Praveen Pardeshi in Geneva2010, CTV
- Tsunami - building better for next time2009, UNISDR - AP
- BBC World Debate: ‘Prevent or React’2009, BBC
- Head of climate changeUnited Kingdom (Brighton), IDS
- Project coordinator - Disaster risk reduction staff capacity developmentUnited Kingdom (Oxford), Oxfam GB
- Disaster risk reduction consultant (several positions)Global, IRC
External Online Resources
- Action pour la protection des personnes et des biens en Afrique
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- British Red Cross: Better prepared after the tsunami
- CADRI: UN Disaster Management Training Programme manuals collection
- CAP-NET: Capacity building for integrated water resource management (IWRM)
- CAP-NET: IWRM and climate change
- Con los pies en la tierra: a DPAE educational resource on earthquake in Bogotá (in Spanish)
- ECDPM: knowledge & innovation - capacity development
- FAO and emergencies, from prevention to building back better
- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
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- NZAID: The Pacific strategy 2007-2015: reducing vulnerability
- Pakistan: Disaster Preparedness and Response Team (DPART-SAR) online resources portal
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- Sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region
- Tearfund international learning zone (TILZ): disaster risk reduction
- The gender and disaster sourcebook
- Training material: climate change vulnerability & adaptation (C3D project)
- Women preparing for disasters Bangladesh
- World Bank: resources for development practitioners
Find or contribute curricular, extra-curricular and public awareness materials on disaster prevention and school safety for primary, secondary, vocational, community-based education and public awareness.
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.