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Educational kit on natural disaster risk reduction

This Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Educational Kit (NDRR) in Arabic has been developed with the view to enhancing the coping capabilities of disaster prone communities in the Arab States region as well as the dissemination of the technical knowledge in

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WHO DG inaugurates new premises for Tunis-based health risk reduction center

This global center is a multi-faceted hub that incorporates trainings and learning, disaster risk and vulnerability mapping, research, and information management and sharing, as well as being a meeting and conference centre for health and non-health subjects.
World Health Organization (WHO)
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PPRD South offers technical assistance to partner countries

The PPRD South Programme has invited Partner Countries to consider requesting technical assistance support from the PPRD South Programme with the aim of fulfilling the national capacity development priorities in the field of disaster prevention, preparedness and response...
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Programme on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters
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Mediterranean: Launch of PPRD South web portal

In addition to providing proper visibility to the activities and to the outputs of the Programme, the PPRD South web portal is designed to serve as a multi-lingual interactive tool on civil protection cooperation between Europe and the Mediterranean and Balkan region....
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
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Mediterranean: Launch of PPRD South web portal

In addition to providing proper visibility to the activities and to the outputs of the Programme, the PPRD South web portal is designed to serve as a multi-lingual interactive tool on civil protection cooperation between Europe and the Mediterranean and Balkan region....
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Programme on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters
Documents and publications

Reduction of earthquake losses in the extended Mediterranean region (RELEMR): seismicity and earthquake engineering in the extended Mediterranean region

Workshop report, Lisbon, Portugal, 26–29 October 2009:

This document reports on the programme Reduction of Earthquake Losses in the Extended (formerly Eastern) Mediterranean Region (RELEMR), which responds to the need of mobilizing scientific knowledge

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Tunisia launches seminar on 'Coastline adaptation to climate change'

A seminar on the theme 'Tunisian coastline adaptation to climate change' was held on Tuesday in Tunis on the occasion of the launch of a UN led project to reinforce the adjustment capacity of the Tunisian coastline to climate Change...
Tunisia Online News
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High-level disaster risk experts meet

High-level experts from Civil Protection groups in 14 Mediterranean countries are meeting today and tomorrow in Cairo as part of the Euro-Mediterranean Programme on Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters (PPRD South)...
ANSAmed - Agenzia ANSA

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