Duryog Nivaran Secretariat c/o Janathakshan, No 5, Lionel Edirisinghe Mawatha, Kirulapone, Colombo 00500, Sri Lanka
With the increase in natural disasters, there has been recognition that anticipating and mitigating the likely risk of disasters not only saves lives but also the investment incurred on relief and recovery initiatives. Therefore, building the capacity of NGOs to implement Early Recovery programs in...
A two day training programme on “protecting needs of women and girls during emergency situations” was held in the Women Development Center, Kandy. On the 13th and 14th of December 2012. Community volunteers and staff members of the Woman Development Center (Kandy) actively took part...
Environmental and DRR agencies and organizations are all gearing up for the upcoming discussion in Brazil in June where progress on sustainable development and the environment will come under scrutiny. UNEP has in its preparation focused on approaches to stem increasing incidence of disasters. UNEP backs...
Registration is now open for the 5th Asia Ministerial Conference in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from the 22nd to 25th October 2012. Please visit: http://5thamcdrr-indonesia.net/ ...
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is pleased to invite all disaster risk reduction stakeholders to participate in the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction "Invest Today for a Safer Tomorrow" (19-23 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland). The generic invitation...
More than 1,200 participants including 49 Government Ministers and high level delegates from Asia will gather next Tuesday in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, at the Fifth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) where the devastating consequences of disaster losses across the region will be top...
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is pleased to invite all disaster risk reduction stakeholders to participate in the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction "Invest Today for a Safer Tomorrow" (19-23 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland). The generic invitation...
Virtual Global Platform Join the Virtual Global Platform - Link SADR 2013 - DN Contribution to the 4th Global Platform for DRR Please Download ...
Please find the background documents for the core group for the Gender inputs to the 5th AMCDRR declaration: 1. Previous AMCDRR declarations a. Beijing Action for DRR - 2005 b. Delhi Declaration - 2007 c. Kuala Lumpur Declaration - 2008 d. Incheon Declaration - 2010 2. UNISDR Gender Study 3. Draft declaration for 5th AMCDRR 4. Background...
Views from the Frontline 2013’ (VFL 2013) is a participatory action-research project undertaken by civil society actors in conjunction with government bodies and local communities. It aims at measuring progress towards the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) at the local level across...