BCPR - Crisis Prevention and Recovery - Disaster Reduction Unit

Disaster Reduction Unit

Crisis Prevention & Recovery

DRU Brochure - Updated January 2005

Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development

	A Global Report: "Reducing Disaster Risk, A Challenge for Development"
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	RDR Launch in the Press

Key Resources on Disaster Risk Management

Disaster Reduction Unit
UNDP-BCPR
11-13, Chemin des Anémones
CH-1219 Châtelaine
Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: (41 22) 917 8433
Fax: (41 22) 917 8060
Email: bcpr.disasters@undp.org

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WCDR Kobe

World Conference on Disaster Reduction - Kobe, Hyogo, Japan - January 2005

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NEWS

New DRU Web page on Disaster Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation!

Newsfront of best practices: Nicaragua and Guatemala communities manage and reduce disaster risks

Document of the workshop on Disasters, Urban Development and Risk Accumulation in Africa Nairobi, 8–10 January 2003, funded by UNDP and organized by IIED (PDF, 106K))

UN Workshop Strengthens Azerbaijan's Disaster Management Capacity

New Webpage of CEPREDENAC-UNDP regional risk management program

The new brochure of the Disaster Reduction Unit is now available (PDF, 385K)

UK supports Bangladesh effort to curb disaster damage: a US$14.4 million five-year initiative supported by the UK and UNDP (January 2003)

EVENTS

Workshop on disaster preparedness and recovery, "Seminario de prevención y recuperación de desastres". Cuba (May 2003)

Proventium Consortium Steering Committee Meeting (March 2003-Word Report, 229K)

Meeting of the ISDR-IATF Working-group 3 on Risk, Vulnerability and Impact Assessment, (Geneva, April 2003)

Third regional workshop on regional integration and risk management - "Integración regional y gestión del riesgo: hacia una agenda para el desarrollo institucional" CEPREDENAC - (February 2003)

Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction (January 2003):
- Summary of the meeting on GLIDE (GLobal unique disaster IDEntifier)

The Establishment of CIFEN, centro International de Investigación sobre el Fenómeno El Niño, Guayaguil, Ecuador Partners (January 2003)

Workshop on Disasters, Urban Development and Risk Accumulation in Africa Nairobi, 8–10 January 2003, funded by UNDP and organized by IIED (PDF, 106K)

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News & Events - Archives 2002

EVENTS

International Seminar on "Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation" (New Delhi, November 2002)

New Memorandom of Understanding between UNDP/Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and Interagency Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) (September 2002) (pdf, 756K)

Expert group meeting for the Role of Regional Organizations and Networks in Strenthening Capacity for Disaster Reduction (25-28 September 2002) (Word, 45K)

Donors Meeting in Strenthening Capacities for Disaster Reduction in Central America: CEPREDENAC/UNDP (24 September 2002)

LDC Expert Group Workshop on Capacity Building for NAPA Preparation, Bangladesh (18-21 September 2002) (Word, 22K)

UNDP Expert Group Meeting on Integrating Disaster Redcution with Adaptation to Climate Change, Havana (19-21 June 2002)

Regional Seminar on Drought Mitigation. Tehran (August 2001)

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