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Under the 2013 theme "Acting As One", the UN Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction recognizes excellence in reducing disaster risk for a safer, more sustainable world.
The Ceremony
During a ceremony hosted by Senegalese musician Ismael Lo, Brazil and Bangladesh share UN Sasakawa Award at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction - the US$50,000 prize goes to Belo Horizonte and NARRI ($20,000 each) and the TDMMO ($10,000).
Contact Ms. Dizery Salim at isdr-sasakawa@un.org for more information.
Nominees for 2013
Cities and municipalities
- > Butuan City, Philippines
- > City Council of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- > City of Kamaishi, Japan
- > Karlstadt Municipality and MSB, Sweden
- > Lockyer Valley Regional Council, Australia
- > Mashhad Municipality
- > Municipality of Amadora, Portugal
- > Saint Bernard Municipality, Philippines
- > Saint Quentin City, France
- > Tehran City Amaken Project, Iran
Individuals
- > H.E. Mr. Gjorge Ivanov, President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- > Mr. Prem Kumar, India
- > Ms. Zoila Guzmán, Secretary of Civil Defense, Mexico
- > Colonel Nagar M. Verma, India
Institutions and Projects
- > Association Prevention 2000
- > CARITAS, India
- > Chinese Academy of Governance - National Institute of Emergency Management
- > Focus Humanitarian Assistance, Afghanistan
- > Indonesia National Disaster Management Agency
- > Islamic Relief Bangladesh
- > Limpopo Dept of Cooperative Governance
- > LORE Rescue Team, Armenia
- > NARRI, Bangladesh
- > Philippine Senate Committee on Climate Change
- > Proteccion Civil Panama
- > SM Supermalls, Philippines
- > University of Salford Centre for Disaster Resilience
- > Zelzele Azma Ye Shahr Institute, Iran
The call for nominations is now closed.
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