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IRP collects news and organizes events to facilitate discussion on resilient recovery and building back better, including the annual International Recovery Forum.

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Dubrovnik
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3rd International conference on flood recovery, innovation and response
FRIAR 2012 is the third conference in this successful series. The conference started at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London in 2008 and was reconvened at the Lombardy Region in Milano in 2010. Flooding is a global phenomenon that claims numerous
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Sulaymaniyah
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1st international workshop in Iraq on updates in disaster and emergency management
This workshop will highlight disaster management, risk reduction, response, mitigation, recovery and updates in awareness and information systems. This is the first international workshop on updates in disaster and emergency management which will take
Training event
Huntsville
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Recovery tools and training
Recovery from a disaster event requires a whole-community approach. This workshop gives an overview of long term recovery and shares lessons learned and best practices gathered from decades of experience in large and small disasters.
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New Orleans
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In person
International disaster conference & expo (IDCE)
The International Disaster Conference & Expo (IDCE) is a new, International event designed to unite the most internationally recognized and distinguished professionals for three days of problem solving, planning and preparation, discussing relevant issues
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Chiang Mai
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In person
USMCA2011 - 10th International symposium on new technologies for urban safety of mega cities in Asia
Introduction Over half the world's population is concentrated in urban areas covering just 4 % of the world's surface. In particular, mega cities (with populations greater than 10 million) are characterized by a high population density and tremendous
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Geneva
In person
The M 9.0 Tohoku (Japan) earthquake: domino effects of an urban disaster
By Alan Pasche, consultant, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Group, Swiss Humanitarian Aid The deadly combination of an earthquake of magnitude Mw 9.0, an extremely destructive tsunami and a major industrial accident has never been seen before. The
Training event
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International Recovery Platform (IRP) recovery training for government officials in Serbia
The training is expected to enhance capacity of government officials for resilient recovery and empower them to better coordinate the post disaster long term recovery.
Training event
Hammamet
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In person
Analysing disrupted health systems in countries in crisis
The health systems of countries in crisis are often weak and unable to address the increased health needs of the population. Moreover, health workers in these countries often have limited capacity to analyse the major features and weaknesses of the health
Meetings and conferences
Nicosia
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1st International conference on safety and crisis management in the construction, SME and tourism sectors
The 1st CoSaCM aims to bring together the academia and industry in the crucial sector of safety and crisis management. The conference will deal with the whole safety process, from the occurrence of the accident, and the management of its consequences to
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Canberra
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In person
Partnering with media, EMPA 2011 conference
EMPA is the only organisation of emergency response and recovery media and public affairs, crisis communicators and corporate media relations practitioners in the world. Its 2011 conference, on the theme ‘Partnering with the Media’, will feature keynotes
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International Recovery Forum

The International Recovery Forum, established in 2005, convenes a broad range of senior policymakers and practitioners to exchange experiences and facilitate discussion on challenges to resilient recovery and opportunities for building back better. It is a forum designed to generate ideas and collaboration through dialogue and debate, sharing of experiences and the latest evidence in disaster recovery. The forum is coordinated annually in Kobe, Japan, by the International Recovery Platform (IRP) Secretariat, in close consultation with the IRP Steering Committee.

The annual forum is organized around themes to address key prevailing priorities and gaps in knowledge and practice for recovery and building back better. The forum’s themes link with the outcomes and lessons emerging from previous IRP Forums and other relevant global events, in order to advance the field. The International Recovery Forum is among the key activities managed by IRP in support of its mandate to share experiences and learning among countries and all relevant stakeholders, explicitly designated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

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Kobe skyline Dec 23