The development of the Global Earthquake Hazard and Risk Model was a key priority for GEM under its 2014-2018 Work Program. The objective is to collaboratively develop a complete set of earthquake data and models, and to deliver a comprehensive global assessment of earthquake risk. Global Earthquake Hazard and Risk Maps https://www.globalquakemodel.org/gem
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With the Universal App Program, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) has created a platform to facilitate the adaptation and localization of mobile applications (apps) with first aid and hazard information to be used in countries across the globe, putting preparedness information directly into people’s hands. The First Aid App enables users to learn about
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The Global Disaster Preparedness Center, in partnership with Google, has developed the WhatNow Message Portal to increase the speed and dissemination of disaster preparedness and risk reduction messages. Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies can adapt multi-hazard key action messages to their country context. Find more information on the one-pager, toolkit page, or activity page.
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The Flood Resilience Alliance (2013 -2017) is a five-year partnership that set out to develop a model that would deliver effective community flood resilience programmes at scale and contribute to shaping the flood resilience agenda of policy-makers and donors. For the IFRC and National Societies the Flood Resilience Alliance, advocacy and influencing strategies were designed to improve conditions for vulnerable
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La VI Edición de la Plataforma Regional para la Reducción de Riesgos de Desastres en las Américas se celebró en Cartagena – Colombia, del 20 al 22 de junio, en cooperación de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNISDR) y el Gobierno de Colombia, como parte del Sistema
The Red Cross Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) seeks to conduct a community impact study of The Pillowcase Project– a youth preparedness program. The GDPC is interested in examining learning from the informal educational activities across two country contexts and its aim of empowering youth knowledge sharing. The long-term community impact study will examine success
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This is a compilation of the newsfeeds that was shared with the Red Cross/Red Crescent (RCRC) Urban Collaboration Platform (UCP) members since 17 June 2017. You can find brief information about the UCP here. You can also check out the resports of the workshops organized by the UCP in Copenhagen and in Oslo. ************************************************* Newsfeed #10
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This photo includes 50 of the participants in the 2017 CAP Workshop in Rome at the National Fire Corps Academy of Italy (Istituto Superiore Antincendi).
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CAP workshop 2017, presentation on China’s National Early Warning Releasing System (NERWS)
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Las Sociedades Nacionales y su Federación Internacional son responsables, ante las partes interesadas en su labor y unas frente a otras, de mantener las normas y criterios de calidad de sus servicios y del uso eficaz y eficiente de los recursos, así como de adoptar medidas para corregir cualquier deficiencia. El compromiso de hacer frente