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Category: Disaster Risk Reduction
Category: Disaster Management Delegate - IFRC
[Job] - Posted by: Ed Kerry - Fri 17 May, 2013
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the world's largest humanitarian network, wishes to recruit a Disaster Management Delegate to ensure overall guidance and support to the implementation of the regional, medium-term Disaster Management (DM) strategic plan/framework, and co-ordination of the Federation's support to DM within the region.
Please find attached for details.
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Please find attached for details.
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Category: UN-Habitat announces ten partner cities for the City Resilience Profiling Programme
[News] - Posted by: Edna Osebe - Fri 19 Apr, 2013 - Author(s): , UN-Habitat
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) announced today, the ten partner cities for its City Resilience Profiling Programme (CRPP). (...)
Category: Catholic Youth Network For Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA)
[Organization] - Posted by: Allen Ottaro - Thu 18 Apr, 2013
The mission of the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA), is to offer the platform through which young Catholics across Africa can offer a response to the twin challenges of environmental degradation and climate change, from the perspective of Catholic social teaching on care for creation, paying attention to the most vulnerable.
The network aims to achieve this through:
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The network aims to achieve this through:
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Category: Risk is inclusive: Young Armenians portray disaster risk reduction through film
[News] - Posted by: Ed Kerry - Tue 9 Apr, 2013 - Author(s): , Chris Schuepp
Margarita Sargsyan, 14, and her classmates at School #1 in Gyumri, the second biggest city of Armenia, are taking part in school lessons that might save their lives. (...)
Category: Improved resiliency aided by disaster mitigation guiding decision-making
[News] - Posted by: Ed Kerry - Tue 9 Apr, 2013 - Author(s): , Angela Stelmakowich
Canada needs to harness the collective power of government and the private sector now – before the next big storm, fire, quake or flood, Sharon Ludlow, president and CEO of Swiss Re Canada, said during the global reinsurer’s 28th annual Canadian Industry Outlook Breakfast in downtown Toronto.
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Category: Improved resiliency aided by disaster mitigation guiding decision-making
[News] - Posted by: Ed Kerry - Tue 9 Apr, 2013 - Author(s): , Angela Stelmakowich
Canada needs to harness the collective power of government and the private sector now – before the next big storm, fire, quake or flood, Sharon Ludlow, president and CEO of Swiss Re Canada, said during the global reinsurer’s 28th annual Canadian Industry Outlook Breakfast in downtown Toronto.
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