International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
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Desarrollando ciudades resilientes 1 Millón de Escuelas y Hospitales Más Seguros


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2011-2012 DIPECHO Action Plan for the Caribbean Regional planning workshop
 

Ministers of Education sign Disaster Risk Reduction Declaration

The Declaration was signed during the International Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Education Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Panama City on October 12-14 2011. The conference was convened by the Ministry of Education of Panama in conjunction with the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), Plan International, UNICEF, UNESCO, Save the Children, RET (Foundation for the Refugee Education Trust), World Vision, USAID/OFDA/LAC, the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Press Release

International Day for Disaster Reduction -13 October 2011
Every day millions of people in Latin America are exposed to the risk implied in living on the slopes of a volcano, but few are prepared to deal with an eruption.  The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) have joined to create an interactive presentation telling dairy farmers how they can protect their family and animals. Click here http://eird.org/cd/wspa-isdr/ (Only Spanish) to visit the material for a simple and entertaining way to prepare yourself.
Capitalization Document -- DIPECHO 2009/2011

This capitalization is part of the joint activities conducted by Intermón Oxfam/IDDI, Plan International, the Red Cross and Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz/IDAC under DIPECHO Action Plan 2009-2011 for the Caribbean, financed by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO).

Recording in a document the experiences carried out by risk management experts in the region is of little use if it does not offer support, or at least inspiration, to other experts. Based on this premise, it was decided that, for the first time, only one tool implemented by each partner involved in the Dominican Republic DIPECHO Action Plan 2009-2011 would be capitalized.

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