Community announcements

The Special Issue call for papers from the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment will bring together multi-disciplinary research findings in the field of healthcare and resilience to disasters...

'From thoughts to action' the IDRC Davos 2010 international conference to be held in Davos, Switzerland in May 2010 is expected to gather over 1,300 people focusing on the risks society is facing today and how to effectively manage these risks...

The International Journal of Ecology and Development is calling for papers or review on and related to the area of hydro-ecological and eco-environmental frequency analysis (EEFA) for a special edition of the journal...

Call issued to Governments and Observer Organizations: the Special Report, to be undertaken following IPCC procedures and with the involvement of the UNISDR, is expected to be released in the second half of 2011. Deadline: 27 July 2009...

EPFL and UNESCO has announced that it will be chairing a the International Scientific Conference on Technologies for Development in February 2010 and has made a call for papers...

As the rehabilitation of the 2004 tsunami-devastated regions continues, the AIWEST-DR 09 workshop will address questions remaining on rebuilding disaster-resilient communities...

The World Bank's Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction South-South Cooperation Program (SSCP) announces a call for proposals 2009...

The main objective of the Fund is to support local, small projects that deliver tangible and practical disaster risk reduction benefits to the vulnerable...

The UNISDR and WHO are inviting submissions from all stakeholders on good practices and lessons learned on making 'Hospitals Safe from Disasters'...

Sphere India, an NGO based in India, has issued a call for proposals on experiences in community based disaster risk reduction with a view to documenting good practices...