4th Asian ministerial conference on disaster risk reduction
Date - 25th to 28th October 2010
Location - Korea, Rep of (Incheon)
The overarching theme of the conference is "Disaster Risk Reduction for Climate Change Adaptation"
- Conference declaration of commitment with action plan
- Scientific and political recommendations for tangible application
- Regional Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction for Climate Change Adaptation
The Asian Ministerial Conferences on Disaster Risk Reduction, organized every two years since 2005 at Asian Governments` initiative, represent unique opportunities for Ministers in charge of disaster risk management from the Asia and Pacific region to reaffirm their commitment to Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) implementation and to exchange valuable experiences on successful practices and innovative approaches in implementing HFA`s five priorities for action at the national and local levels.www.amcdrrkorea.org
ADPC Training
5th Regional Training course on GIS for Disaster Risk Management-Level 1(GIS-Basic)
16-27 Aug 2010
Bangkok, Thailand
www.adpc.net
A short course on : Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change
Dhaka, 22-28 July 2010
Is climate change going to bring more and worse disasters? If it does, what needs to be done to adapt to it?
This course, the fourth in a series of short courses at the new International Centre for Climate Change and Development, will be relevant to staff of organisations (both government as well as non-government) that deal with disasters or development issues. It will increase their knowledge and understanding of how to deal with disasters and climate change, and how to link disaster risk reduction with development in the process of adaptation.
Note - A limited number of scholarships are available for participants who do not come from organisations that have donor support.
Fro more visit www.centers.iub.edu.bd
A Disaster Management stream - How the construction industry is able to contribute towards improved resilience to disasters
Centre for Disaster Resilience at the School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, UK together with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) will host a Disaster Management stream at RICS`s COBRA 2010 research conference to be held at Dauphine Université Paris, France, on 2-3 September 2010.
Contributions are invited for this themed session on Disaster Management which aims to stimulate ideas arising from research by exploring a range of perspectives from which the construction industry is able to contribute towards improved resilience to disasters and by facilitating the dissemination of the existing knowledgebase. With the increased number of natural and manmade disasters taking place, there is a great need to address these issues by the academic community.
For more information please visit www.rics.org
The following link draws on previous experiences from Bangladesh and may contain some useful generic lessons, links and references for those working in the crisis.
www.alnap.org
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