International Strategy for Disaster Reduction West Asia and North Africa
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
Launch of
the 2009 ISDR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Risk
and poverty in a changing climate
Global
launch, Manama, Bahrain, May 17 -18 2009
The Report is the
first biennial global assessment of disaster risk reduction prepared in the
context of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). The Report
was coordinated by UNISDR, in collaboration with UNDP, the World Bank, UNEP,
WMO, UNESCO, the ProVention Consortium, the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
and a wide range of other ISDR partners. The Kingdom of Bahrain, the World
Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), UNDP, UNEP,
the Government of Norway, the Government of Switzerland, the ProVention
Consortium and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) contributed financial
resources that enabled the successful development of the Report.
The Report identifies
disaster risk, analyses its causes, shows that these causes can be addressed
and recommends the means to do so. The over-riding message of the Report is
that reducing disaster risk can also help in reducing poverty, safeguarding
development and adapting to climate change, with beneficial effects on broader
global security, stability and sustainability. Given the urgency posed by
climate change, the Report forcefully argues the case for taking action now.
The Report presents a Twenty Point Plan to Reduce Disaster Risk to guide
and inform national and international policy. See more information
The International Day for Disaster Reduction, 8 October 2008 raises the profile of disaster risk reduction, and encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more resilient communities and nations. The theme of this year's observance of the International Day for Disaster Reduction is abstracted from the 2008-2009: World Disaster Reduction Campaign: Hospitals Safe from Disasters “Hospitals Safe from Disasters”, which is jointly arranged by United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction secretariat (UN/ISDR) and World Health Organization (WHO).See more information
Hospitals Safe from Disasters in ECO countries, 2008-2009 Global Campaign
19th seminar of health in emergencies and disasters entitled “Hospitals Safe from disasters in ECO countries” was a seminar with cooperation of University of Tehran, ISDR, ECO, ASRC, UNDP and WHO, held in Tehran. In this workshop the responsible organizations shared their experiences related to hospitals safety and discussed the way forward and next steps. See more information
ECO-ISDR workshop on the Global Assessment Report for DRR,Tehran, 1-2 July 2008, Tehran, 14 July 2008 T he ECO-ISDR workshop on the Global Assessment Report was held in Tehran on the 1st and 2nd July 2008.This work shop was jointly organized by the UN/ISDR and ECO Secretariat in Tehran. The workshop was provided and opportunity to introduce the process of monitoring, evaluation and reporting progress in implementing the HFA. The workshop was conducted in the context of ISDR system wide 2007-09 Biennial HFA progress Monitoring and Review Process.See more information
Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Consultative Meeting, West Asia, Middle East and North African Region, Cairo, 23-24 June 2008 UN/ISDR, IFRC and AASTMT is arranging the First Consultative Meeting for Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction in the West Asia, Middle East and North African region. The resent events of Myanmar and China are illustrating the need to reduce the risk of disasters to occur and be prepared. In this region environmental degradation and climate change are causing and will cause even more challenges for the communities. IFRC and UN/ISDR would like to build on the positive trends which are existing in the region and strengthen collaboration between the regional stakeholders. See more information
First expert working group meeting for 2008-2009 World Disaster Reduction Campaign: "Hospitals Safe from Disasters", Cairo, 16-17 June 2008 The campaign on ‘Hospitals Safe from Disasters’ was launched in Eastern Mediterranean Region, 3 February, 2008 with the purpose of advocating for the concept of saving hospitals from disasters and also to kick off the technical initiatives that will help the implementation. As a follow up WHO-EMRO and UN/ISDR organized a 2 days consultation calling upon the core experts of the region to validate the assessment tool and to finalize the regional framework for implementation. This also lay the platform of coordination among different stakeholders in this massive work. See more information
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
