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External Evaluation of the UNISDR and Management ResponseUNISDR is pleased to share its Management Response to the second external evaluation of the secretariat. The Management Response sets out the process and main activities to implement recommendations arising from the evaluation carried out by Dalberg Global Development Advisers. Initiated by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and major UNISDR donors, the evaluation’s purpose was to assess the secretariat’s performance over the last four years and to provide guidance for UNISDR's future direction. The independent report presents 42 recommendations based on 25 findings, which are summarized in five key messages included in the executive summary. |
11 Feb 2010 | News briefs |
Chair’s Summary of the Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction |
25 Jun 2009 | News briefs |
Indonesian scientist Eko Teguh Paripurno wins 2009 UN Sasakawa AwardThe 2009 laureate for the Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction is geologist Dr Eko Teguh Paripurno. He receives the award - valued at US$ 50,000 - for his lifetime contribution and his outstanding commitment to reduce disaster risk and building capacity at the community level in Indonesia, one of the countries most vulnerable to multiple hazards. |
16 Jun 2009 | Press release |
Global Platform: Special events to highlight projects and achievements |
9 Jun 2009 | News briefs |
Event : 2009 Global assesment report on disaster risk reduction launch : Bangkok, Thailand : 25th MayThe Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction launched for the first time internationally in Bahrain on 17-18 May by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki -moon will be launched regionally in Bangkok on 25 May 2009, at the United Nations Conference Centre, in presence of senior officials from the Regional Organisations, Government of Thailand, senior representatives from the UN Agencies, International Financial Institutions, and the Civil Society, followed by a discussion on the implications of the Reports? findings for the Asia and the Pacific. > View full story |
25 May 2009 | News briefs |
Video : 2009 Global assesment report (GAR)Video : 2009 Global assesment report (GAR) > View full story |
1 May 2009 | News briefs |
Message on the occasion of International Women’s DayThe crucial role of women in development has long been very clear to the ISDR secretariat, and it is my pleasure on this day to reaffirm the secretariat’s commitment to achieving gender equality in disaster risk reduction. |
8 Mar 2008 | Statements & speeches |
ISDR Highlights August 07Highlights this month include new Hyogo Framework focal points in the Maldives, Thailand and Montenegro, and UNISDR progress on introducing gender perspectives into disaster risk reduction in partnership with the Centre for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP). |
31 Aug 2007 | Newsletter |
International Women's Day high level panel - statement by Sálvano Briceño, Director, UNISDR |
8 Mar 2005 | Statements & speeches |
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