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Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction and Assessing Disaster Damages and Losses in Development
A four day workshop was held between the 14 th and 17 th of April in Dakar, Senegal bringing together DRR focal points from over 30 countries in Sub Saharan Africa including government officials (National Platform/HFA Focal Points/Ministry of Finance senior members), World Bank and UNDP staff, African Union representatives, African Development Bank staff and DRR partner institutions/civil society/academic institutions.
The purpose of the training workshop was to expose participants to the conceptual framework aswell as the practical application of methodological tools for integrating DRR into development processes and for assessing disaster damage and loss. Participants were also better informed on FDRR Tracks II and III. The upcoming Regional Platform meeting planned for the second half of September, in conjunction with the second nisterial Council meeting for the African Strategy for DRR was cited as the next milestone event to review regional progress and to develop plans of action.
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UN/ISDR secretariat and WHO Launch the World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2008-2009 on 25 January 2008 in Davos
The World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2008-2009: 'Hospitals Safe from Disasters' is a global campaign being launched in Davos, Switzerland on 25 January, by the secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) and the World Health Organization (WHO), with support from the World Bank. |
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The campaign will focus on structural safety of hospitals and health facilities, on keeping health facilities functioning during and after disasters, and on making sure health workers are prepared for natural hazards striking.
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The
secretariat of the UN International Strategy for Disaster
Reduction launches an on-line game aimed at teaching
children how to build safer villages and cities against
disasters. This initiative comes within the 2006-2007
World Disaster Reduction Campaign “Disaster Risk
Reduction Begins at School”. |
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the game please visit: www.stopdisastersgame.org |
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ECOWAS Policy and Mechanisms for Disaster Risk Reduction
The
31th Summit of ECOWAS Heads of States held on 19 January
2007 in Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso, adopted the ECOWAS Policy and Mechanisms
for Disaster Risk Reduction.
At the request of the ECOWAS Secretariat, UN/ISDR
Africa provided its support in the development of the
Policy framework, whose implementation
would focus on areas of importance to the West African
situation under the guidance of the Africa Union Strategy
for
disaster risk reduction and the
Hyogo Framework for Action.
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