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ISDR secretariat biennial workplan: 2008-2009 final report

AUTORE: United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR) - PUBBLICAZIONE: 2010

This annual report of the 2008-2009 biennium highlights how the UNISDR secretariat has teamed up with a wide range of partners to deliver on a challenging work programme, including the first Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and the World Disaster Reduction Campaign. It begins with key messages, provides a financial summary and thereafter reviews developments and impact of outcomes in relation to the secretariat's four strategic objectives.

Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction: 'Better Cities, Better Life'

An international “Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction” will be held in Shanghai on 28-30 July 2010 at the Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center .

Michele Cocchiglia (ISDR)

The Forum will bring together representatives of local authorities from China and selected cities throughout the world, as well as international and other technical organizations and networks. The Forum will aim to advance knowledge and information sharing based on innovative practices and experience in disaster risk reduction, with a view to foster partnership development, particularly between local and national governments, civil society and community-based organizations.

UNISDR campaign launches in Lima, Peru and Davos, Switzerland

Mayors from Bonn, Germany; Mexico City; Saint Louis, Senegal; Larreynaga-Malpaisillo, Nicaragua; Karlstad, Sweden and the Provincial Governor of Albay, the Philippines were the first to launch the campaign globally during the First World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bonn, yesterday.

FEMA ED EMERCOM INSIEME PER LE EMERGENZE

fonte: FEMA

This week, the 14th official meeting of the Joint U.S.- Russia Committee on Cooperation in Emergency Management took place in Moscow, Russia.  The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) of Russia and had attendance from various offices within FEMA, Fairfax County’s Urban Search and Rescue team, the National Guard Bureau, and the Departments of State and Transportation.  A significant objective for this meeting was to conduct a table top exercise to assist EMERCOM in preparing for qualification with the United Nations International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG).

RISK REDUCTION PLANS NEEDED TO MINIMEZE VOLCANIC DISRUPTION

fonte: ISDR

Although air travel in Europe is starting to resume after ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano grounded flights for almost a week, thousands of travellers continue to be affected and more delays possible with the threat of further eruptions. “We only realize how disruptive hazards can be when they have already happened,” Margareta Wahlström, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, said Thursday. “The volcano eruption is an example of a rare but largely disruptive event that exposes our key infrastructure vulnerability.”

Engineering sustainability in the face of natural hazards: Public symphosium

La conferenza si terrà il 19 maggio 2010 negli Stati Uniti presso l'Università del Colorado.

A great deal of current engineering interest focuses on the importance of sustainable design. Frequently, such discussion hones in on issues of recycled materials, embedded energy, environmental impact and green energy. Several recent natural disasters, however, have dramatically illustrated the devastating power of nature, and natural hazards in particular. This symposium presents information on the creation of sustainable communities through their built environments.

AFRICAN MINISTERS ADOPT THE EXTENDED PROGRAMME OF ACTION

fonte: UN-ISDR

African ministers adopted the extended Africa Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction.  The ministers were among more than 250 participants from 42 African countries who gathered at the Second Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction that took place from 14 to 16 April 2010 at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya in parallel to the First Ministerial Conference of Ministers Responsible for Meteorology in Africa . The ministerial conference was organised by the African Union Commission, the Government of Kenya, and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) in collaboration with the World Bank Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).

'Older people important actors in disaster prevention'

According to the organization HelpAge Germany, older people face particular threats from the increasing number of natural disasters, but are normally not identified as a vulnerable group. HelpAge believes older people's rights, needs and capabilities must be recognised in all emergency programmes and they must be integrated into local disaster management systems.
Relief agencies should consult with, and actively engage, older people in decision making and programme design and delivery, to improve the appropriateness of service delivery and preventive measures. Programmes must be inclusive and accessible by all, and inter-generational approaches and the use of older people’s committees are both techniques that can assist in achieving this.

4 new training events in the disaster risk reduction calendar since last week

fonte: PreventionWeb

 
AFRICA

* Strengthening the response to climate change in development programming: a regional capacity building workshop
Date: 26-30 Oct 2009
Organizer: Regional Capacity Building Partners (RECABIP)
Location: Kenya (Nairobi)
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=11354