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Announcements from and for the global disaster risk reduction community.

This is your space to stay informed and engage with the global disaster risk reduction (DRR) community. Here, we share important updates, calls to action, and collaborative opportunities for professionals, organizations, and experts dedicated to reducing disaster risks.

Whether you're contributing insights, participating in events, or submitting your own initiatives, your involvement is key to driving meaningful progress in DRR. Explore opportunities to connect, learn, and take action to help build a more resilient world.

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UN-ESCAP Tsunami Regional Trust Fund: Last call for proposals, 6th round

UN-ESCAP issues a reminder that the sixth round of funding for the Tsunami Regional Trust Fund remains open for receipt of proposals which should be sent to UN ESCAP by 15 August 2010...
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
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Oxfam UK: 'Caribbean Cities Getting Ready' - call for papers

In preparation for the 'Caribbean Cities Getting Ready' event taking place in Santo Domingo in August 2010, Oxfam is calling for papers on tools, lessons learned, and best practices in urban risk reduction and governance in the Caribbean region...
Oxfam - Great Britain
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Adaptation Fund project and programme proposals available for comments

The Secretariat of the Adaptation Fund Board has posted the project and programme proposals to support adaptation in developing countries that have been submitted to date. Interested stakeholders are invited to comment on them online...
Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat
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Call for applications: Certificate of advanced studies in disaster risk reduction

The Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland is calling for applicants for the 'Certificate of Advanced Studies in Disaster Risk Reduction'. The programme aims to train professionals in the field of natural disaster prevention, especially related to climate change...
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Call for proposals: Commissioned papers on ICTs, climate change and development

Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is funding a two-year project on ICTs, climate change and development. The project is co-ordinated by the University of Manchester's Centre for Development Informatics...
International Development Research Center
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Caribbean: CCDRM Fund - fourth call for proposals

The Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Fund invites Caribbean-based non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations; and community based not-for-profit organizations, to submit proposals for projects designed to reduce disaster risk in vulnerable communities...
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
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Global Earthquake Monitor (GEM) requests proposals for its 'Risk Module'

GEM’s Risk Module will calculate damage and direct losses resulting from this damage such as fatalities, injuries and cost of repair. It includes give global components for seismic vulnerability and risk. Requests for proposal are requested by 18 March 2010...
Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM)
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IPCC: Last call for fifth assessment report author nominations

Disaster risk reduction experts are encouraged to seek nomination in particular for Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Authors can be nominated by their country’s IPCC Focal Point, their Ministry of Foreign Affairs or one of the Observer Organizations to the IPCC until March 12...
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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EEA call for proposals: European Topic Centres on climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation

The European Environment Agency announces its plans to award a Framework Partnership Agreement concerning the European Topic Centres on climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation 2011-2013...
European Environment Agency
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Call for Abstracts: 'Sustaining healthcare facilities performance during natural disasters'

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...
Water, Engineering and Development Centre

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