UNDRR Publications

This on-line newsletter gathers information about about the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR) and its partners' activities in Africa.

Inside this issue: (i) Africa Working Group agrees to implement the

This inventory is an attempt to pull together the threads and to identify what does and what does not work in relation to legal, institutional and planning frameworks for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Africa. It aims to further support the

This kit complements the UNISDR National platforms for disaster risk reduction (DRR) guidelines. It presents a set of practical steps necessary to establish, maintain and sustain platforms, outlining actions, examples and resources available for those

This report includes the extended Programme of Action for the implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy for disaster risk reduction (2006-2015) and the recommendations of the second African Ministerial Declaration on disaster risk reduction held in

The 2009 issue of Africa Informs covers disaster risk reduction activities in Sub Saharan Africa at regional, sub regional and national level.

It includes:

Disaster risk reduction in Africa

• Regional level
  - Disaster risk reduction in Sub

The main objective of this training material is to build the capacity of water managers and others to develop strategies for coping with hydro-climatic disasters such as floods and drought within the context of water resources management. An added

This document is the first DFID review of the ISDR’s regional offices which are based in Africa (Nairobi) and Latin America and the Caribbean (Costa Rica). The main purpose of this review is to evaluate: a) what impact and value-added the Strategy and

This issue includes:
- From the Editor - That slightly unusual risk …
- Disaster Reduction in Africa
- Views & Reviews
- 2005 International Day for Disaster Reduction
- Policy makers talk about disaster risk reduction
- ISDR National Platforms in Action
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This issue includes:
- From the Editor
- Disaster Reduction in Africa
- Views & Reviews
- UN/ISDR World in Action
- UN/ISDR Africa National Platforms in Action
- UN/ISDR Africa in Action
- Policy makers talk about disaster reduction
- Partners in Action

This issue includes:
- From the Editor
- Disaster Reduction in Africa
- Views & Reviews
- UN/ISDR Africa National Platform
- UN/ISDR World in Action
- UN/ISDR Africa in Action
- Policy makers talk about disaster reduction
- African Preparations for WCDR
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