Organization directory

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

11711 total

IISD’s mission is to promote human development and environmental sustainability through innovative research, communication and partnerships.

Organization type
Non Governmental Organizations
The IMF is an international organization of 185 member countries. It was established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements.
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
CRED promotes research, training, and information dissemination on disasters, with a special focus on public health, epidemiology, structural and socio-economic aspects.
Organization type
Academic & Scientific

DWAF is the custodian of South Africa’s water and forestry resources. It is primarily responsible for the formulation and implementation of policy governing these two sectors.

Organization type
Governments

Three academies comprise The National Academies: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine). 

Organization type
Academic & Scientific

WAPMERR was created in 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland, as a non-profit organization for the purposes of reducing risk due to disasters and for rescue planning after disasters.

Organization type
Non Governmental Organizations
Organization type
Governments

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