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Smart Villages and Resilience to Natural Disasters

24 Jul 2016
This report summarises the findings of a workshop on Smart Villages and Resilience to Natural Disasters. Co-hosted by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and the Smart Villages Initiative, the workshop brought together two ...
Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Guidance material

Five Guidelines for Creating Effective Disaster Exercise Injects

12 Jul 2016
Short posting by Timothy Riecker that outlines a set of simple guidelines for maximizing the value of injects in disaster management simulations and drills. Five Guidelines for Creating Effective Disaster Exercise Injects https://www.linkedin.com/pul...
Guidance material
Guidance material

The Missing Piece of NIMS: Teaching Incident Commanders How to Function in the Edge of Chaos

12 Jul 2016
An article by Cynthia Renaud, police chief in Folsom, California, on how to strengthen the National Incident Management System (NIMS) by integrating solutions for managing complexity. The article explores the dynamics of the initial edge-of-chaos th...
Guidance material
Research

Call for Proposals – Research on Forced Migration and Humanitarian Assistance

07 Jul 2016
This is a Call for Proposals for research on Forced Migration and Humanitarian Assistance: Critical Implications and Integral Solutions under the Research for Resilience and Preparedness Grants Program, administered by Response 2 Resilience (R2R, www...
Research
Report

CAP-Enabled Alerting

02 Jul 2016
This document is intended to provide advice concerning policy and technical matters pertinent to implementing a Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)‑enabled Alerting System. The advice is contributed by individuals in the role of invited experts, as list...
Report, Early Warning Systems
Guidance material

Mapping of urban resilience initiatives and relevance to the MENA region

28 Jun 2016
As national Governments struggle to address the scale of disasters and the increased preparedness needs at all levels, there has been a push for more proactive measures to be taken by local government. Over the last decade, the main disaster risk red...
Guidance material, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment, Urban Resilience
Data set

World Bank’s DRR work in the MENA region:

27 Jun 2016
World Bank’s mandate: The World Bank Group has two ambitious goals: end extreme poverty within a generation and boost shared prosperity. It offers support to developing countries through policy advice, research and analysis, and technical assistanc...
Data set, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Data set, Other type of resource

UNISDR’s DRR work in the MENA region:

27 Jun 2016
UNISDR’s mandate: UNISDR was established in 1999 as a dedicated secretariat to facilitate the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN agency for ISDR). UNISDR’s mandate has been defined by a number of United Nation...
Data set, Other type of resource, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Urban Resilience
Data set, Other type of resource

The Gulf Cooperation Council and DRR work in the MENA region

27 Jun 2016
The Gulf Cooperation Council: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a “political and economic alliance of six Middle Eastern countries—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman. The GCC was established in Riyadh, Sa...
Data set, Other type of resource, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Data set, Other type of resource

The African Union and DRR work in the Middle East

27 Jun 2016
The African Union: The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was founded in 1963, with the objectives “to promote the unity and solidarity of African states; coordinate and intensify their cooperation and efforts to achieve a better life for the peop...
Data set, Other type of resource, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management

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