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UN/ISDR
Regional Office for West Asia and North Africa (WANA)
Building of Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport,
Post Graduate Complex
Block 1167, Off Mosheer Ahmed Ismael St , Masaken Sheraton
Postal Code 11361
Cairo , Arab Republic of Egypt
info@unisdr-wana.org
Tel: +(2 02) 22665602/3/4
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Second Middle East and North Africa Regional Conference on Disaster Risk Management and Reduction,
19-21 May 2008, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen
The Conference in Sana’a will be the second regional initiative on disaster risk management and reduction to be held as a regional follow-up after the World Conference on Disaster Reduction held in Kobe, Japan, 18-22 January 2005, and subsequent adoption of Hyogo Framework for Action. The first Middle East and North Africa Regional Conference on “Building Partnerships for Disaster Risk Reduction and Hazard Risk Management” was successfully held in Cairo, 18-21 April 2007. See more information |
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Partnership with Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
The UN/ISDR secretariat and AASTMT have a common interest in strengthening the institutional link and collaboration between the organizations in the field of disaster risk reduction. The two organizations initiated a formal partnership to strengthen knowledge of disaster risk reduction through advocacy, scientific and technical cooperation, co-arrangement of events and preparation of regional reports on risk and vulnerability by signing a MoU. Furthermore, based on the same MoU, AASTMT provides valuable support to UN/ISDR, WANA by hosting the office and allocate space for a field library. |
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Middle East and North Africa Regional Inter-Agency Workshop on Disaster Risk Assessment, Cairo, 11-12 March 2008
UN/ISDR held in cooperation with the World Bank and the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport the Regional Workshop on Disaster Risk Assessment to discuss the critical issue of assessment in risk reduction and to generate technical input to the Second Regional Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction to be held in Yemen, 19-21 of May 2008. See more information |
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Launch of Global Campaign on Disaster reduction, “ Hospital safe from Disasters” in Cairo, 3 February 2008. 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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Middle East and North Africa Regional Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction, Cairo, 18-21 April 2007.
The Cairo Regional Workshop, jointly organized by the UN/ISDR and the World Bank, and with the kind support of the Government of Arab Republic of Egypt, has been the first event in a series, aimed at launching a longer-term regional partnership to promote an integrated approach to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) including Hazard Risk Management (HRM), prevention, and recovery. See more information |
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