Organization directory

Organization profiles of organizations whose work scopes have stakes in the field of disaster risk reduction.

IOC of UNESCO was created in 1960 to promote international cooperation and coordinate programmes in research, sustainable development, protection of the marine environment, capacity-building for improved management, and decision-making.

Organization type
UN & International Organizations

The International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE) is a non-profit organization that includes representation from the world's national earthquake engineering societies, each national society having a Delegate to the IAEE.

Organization type
Networks and Others

IASPEI aims to promote the study of problems relating to earthquakes, to the propagation of seismic waves, and to the internal structure, properties and processes of the Earth.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific

ICRC is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance.

Organization type
Non Governmental Organizations

Formerly known as the International Council of Scientific Unions, ICSU is a non-governmental organization, founded in 1931, to bring together natural scientists in international scientific endeavour.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific

ISO is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 140 countries, one from each country. ISO is a non-governmental organization established in 1947.

Organization type
UN & International Organizations

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayas – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,

Organization type
Regional Intergovernmental Organizations

In June 1999, Presidential Decree 5/99 created the high level Co-ordinating Council for Disaster Management (CCGC), chaired by the Prime Minister and comprising the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation (deputy chair), Public Administratio

Organization type
Governments

To develop policies, strategies and plans which support the creation of a scientific and technical entity that carries out research and initiatives in pursuit of satisfying the needs of the population and promoting the national industry; To streng

Organization type
Governments

NCAR's mission is to plan, organize, and conduct atmospheric and related research programs in collaboration with the universities and other institutions, to provide state-of-the-art research tools and facilities to the atmospheric sciences communi

Organization type
Academic & Scientific

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