Capacity Development

This document reports on a workshop which purpose was to assess the strength and weakness of current initiatives for earthquake risk assessment, mitigation, response and recovery in South Asian region. It looks forward to help developing a roadmap for

This annual report presents the most comprehensive global assessment of progress to date, based on data provided by a large number of international organizations within and outside the UN system. The aggregate figures in the report provide an overview of

This report describes key findings from a global survey which was designed to validate the argument that children must be engaged as a vital part of the civil society mechanism that monitors Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) progress.

This document assesses the Red Cross Red Crescent's work in supporting communities to rebuild their own lives after the Indian Ocean tsunami and to cope with future threats – 'natural' disasters, the effects of climate change, outbreaks of disease

This guide is intended to demonstrate the value of using built environment professionals more widely in disaster risk reduction and response. It shows how their skills and expertise can be applied at all stages of disaster management. It highlights that

This document captures good practices from the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia/PMI) risk reduction projects.

It was compiled and shared with the national disaster response agency (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana/BNPB) as PMI’s

This report is a follow-up evaluation of linkages between immediate relief, rehabilitation (or reconstruction) and development (LRRD) related to the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. The LRRD2 evaluation report covers experiences up to the end of 2008 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, i.e. from the four years after the disaster. A number of organisations and government agencies have supported this evaluation in various ways, with the aim to provide conclusions and lessons learned that are useful for mitigating the consequences of possible future disasters.

This paper gives an introduction to the GFDRR South-South Cooperation Program which aims to facilitate collaboration among low- and middle-income countries to mainstream disaster risk reduction and recovery, including climate change adaptation, into

Global facility for disaster reduction and recovery annual report 2008:

This report addresses the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)'s activities in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in

COBRA 2008 - the construction and building research conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors:

This study explores women’s status in post disaster situations and examines the concept of empowerment in response to the need to include