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Organization directory

Discover a comprehensive directory of organizations actively engaged in disaster risk reduction.

These profiles showcase institutions, (I)NGOs, research centers, private sector companies, and governmental bodies whose work contributes to building resilience, mitigating risks, and enhancing preparedness in the face of disasters.

Each organization listed plays a pivotal role in advancing global and local strategies to reduce vulnerabilities and protect communities from the impacts of natural and human-induced hazards.

11991 total

Viet Nam

Department for Dyke Management, Flood and Storm Control

Organization type
Governments
Philippines

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (Philippines)

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) serves as the President’s adviser on disaster preparedness programs, disaster operations and rehabilitation efforts undertaken by the government and the private sector.
Organization type
Governments
Philippines

International Institute for Disaster Risk Management

The INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT (to be cited as IDRM) formerly known as Asia Pacific Disaster Management Centre (APDMC) promotes international standards and best practices in disaster and risk management.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific
Japan

Asian Disaster Reduction Center

The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) was established in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, in 1998 with the mission of enhancing the disaster resilience of its member countries, building safe communities, and creating a society where sustainable development is attainable. ADRC works to build disaster-resilient communities and to establish networks among countries through personnel exchanges and a variety of other programs.
Organization type
Regional Intergovernmental Organizations
United States of America

Worldwatch Institute

The Worldwatch Institute is dedicated to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society--one in which human needs are met in ways that do not threaten the health of the natural environment or the prospects of future generations.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific
China

Beijing Normal University

BNU has a history of more than 100 years, which is almost as long as the history of Chinese modern education.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific
Switzerland

International Committee of the Red Cross

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
Germany

Global Fire Monitoring Centre

The GFMC, hosted by the Fire Ecology Research Group, a subdivision of the Biogeochemistry Department of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry at Freiburg University, and Associated Institute of United Nations University (UNU), provides a publicly

Organization type
Non Governmental Organizations
United States of America

East West Center

The East-West Center is an internationally recognized education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen understanding and relations between the United States and the countries of the Asia Pacific region.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific
Morocco

United Nations Information Centre - Rabat

UNICs, of which there are about 24 in Africa and altogether 69 in the world, are the principal local sources of public information about the United Nations system.UNICs the world over try to assist the United Nations achieve the purpose for which

Organization type
UN & International Organizations

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