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Educational, Educational, Scientific Scientific Educational, Scientific Cultural Organization Cultural Organization Cultural Organization Children's Children's Fund Fund Children's Fund Improving Improving Risk Risk Information Risk Information Early Early Warning Systems Warning Systems UNESCO promotes scientific exchange collaborative efforts in order to establish UNESCO UNESCO promotes promotes scientific scientific exchange exchange collaborative efforts efforts in in in order order to to to establish effective early warning systems for different hazards such as tsunamis, lslides, effective effective early early warning warning systems systems for for for different different hazards hazards such such as as as tsunamis, lslides, volcanoes, earthquakes, floods droughts. UNESCO helps Member States to volcanoes, earthquakes, floods floods droughts. UNESCO helps helps Member States States to to to collectively achieve effective early warning monitoring, helps coordination collectively achieve achieve effective effective early early warning warning monitoring, helps helps coordination between existing research centers educates communities at risk about between between existing existing research research centers centers educates communities at at at risk risk about about preparedness measures, including setting up warning emergency response preparedness measures, including setting setting up up up warning emergency response Stard Operating Procedures community drill exercises. UNESCO Stard Operating Procedures community drill drill exercises. UNESCO promotes community-based approaches in the development of response plans promotes community-based approaches in in in the the development of of of response plans plans awareness awareness campaigns, campaigns, which which strongly which strongly involve involve educational involve educational institutions institutions end-users. end-users. Simulation exercise during 2014 of the Tsunami other Coastal Hazards Simulation Simulation Warning exercise exercise System during during for 2014 the 2014 Caribbean of of the of the the Tsunami Tsunami Adjacent other other Regions. Coastal Coastal Hazards Hazards Warning Warning System System for for for the the the Caribbean Caribbean UNESCO Adjacent / Bernardo Adjacent Regions. Aliaga Regions. 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The Organization UNESCO also chairs supports holds governments the the secretariat in the of of integration this Alliance. of The disaster Organization risk reduction also supports into the governments curriculum in in the the integration of of disaster risk reduction into the the curriculum schools to set up management plans, training administrators as SPRINT, Sprint, Universidad de of schools to to set set up up management plans, training administrators as as University de Udine of Udine well as teachers students in the process. well as as teachers students in in the the process. UNESCO ED/ESD UNESCO ED/ESD Disaster Risk Risk Reduction in School in Curricula: Case Case Studies Studies from from Thirty Thirty Countries
Community Community Resilience Resilience Post-Conflict Post-Disaster Situations Building community resilience in Building community resilience in El Salvador. UNESCO / Jair Torres El Salvador. UNESCO / Jair Torres Building community resilience in El Salvador. UNESCO / Jair Torres UNESCO supports countries in in post-conflict post-disaster situations situ ations by by by ensuring strategic responses, including through efficient timely provision of of field support, adequate staffing administrative support mechanisms in in in its areas of of of competence. UNESCO actively partici- participates in the in in United the post-crisis Nations post-crisis coordination coordination including mechanisms, joint needs assessments including joint needs formulation of assessments multi-donor appeals. for-unesco undertakes mulation post- of multi-donor disaster field investigations appeals. in order UNESCO to determine undertakes the causes of the post-disaster that can field inform investigations policy in in produce disseminate order to determine lessons to the be causes learned. of of UNESCO the also provides disaster that assistance can inform the policy Field Investigation produce disseminate Rehabilitation lessons of to be UNESCO learned. sites, UNESCO includ- also ing provides the setting assistance up of a for Rapid the Response Field Investigation Facility. UNESCO Rehabilitation trains teachers of UNESCO parents sites, to interac- includtiving the learning setting up the of complex a Rapid Response aspects of Facility. emergency UNESCO education, trains teachers including psychological parents to to support interac- for tive children learning youth. the complex aspects of of emergency education, including psychological support for children mechanisms, youth. UNESCO strengthens the resilience of communities to withst natural hazards UNESCO strengthens the resilience of of communities to to withst natural hazards climate change impacts. By identifying documenting local indigenous climate change impacts. By identifying documenting local indigenous knowledge related to hazards climate change adaptation, UNESCO helps in knowledge related to hazards climate change adaptation, UNESCO helps in in community preparedness hazard mitigation. UNESCO develops educational community preparedness hazard mitigation. UNESCO develops educational awareness-raising materials tools assists governments awareness-raising materials tools tools assists assists governments governments communities in developing policies managing in dealing with natural communities in developing policies managing in in dealing with natural hazards strengthening capacities through the sharing of lessons learned hazards strengthening capacities through the sharing of lessons learned good practices. Furthermore, UNESCO supports the efforts of Member good practices. Furthermore, UNESCO supports the efforts of of Member States States in in in measuring measuring their their vulnerability vulnerability /or /or /or resilience resilience to natural to to natural natural hazards hazards hazards to to objectively objectively underst underst benchmark benchmark conditions conditions that that affect affect social social economic economic aspect. aspect. Post-disaster engineering Post-disaster field field investigation engineering of of building damage. Bohol, field investigation Philippines of building UNESCO/ S. S. Yasukawa damage. Bohol, Philippines UNESCO/ S. Yasukawa Making Disaster Risk Reduction a a Priority through Policy Recommendations UNESCO UNESCO provides provides an an interface interface for for disaster disaster risk risk reduction between between scientists, policy-makers civil civil society. society. UNESCO UNESCO prepares prepares technical documents that that serve serve national national local local governments to to better better prepare prepare mitigate the the risks risks related related to to natural natural hazards. UNESCO, through its its areas areas of of expertise, is is also also engaged in in disaster risk risk reduction policy policy analysis in in the the provision of of recommendations guidelines to to Member States. Educational, Educational, Scientific Scientific Cultural Cultural Organization Organization GUIDELINES FOR FOR EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT NON-ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTION An An S. ARYA S. ARYA Teddy Teddy BOEN BOEN Yuji Yuji ISHIYAMA ISHIYAMA UNESCO // UNESCO / SC/EES/EGR
A Platform for Knowledge Exchange Scientific Cooperation UNESCO, through international scientific collaboration its different academic networks programmes, promotes fosters knowledge exchange in geological, hydro-meteorological marine hazards. UNESCO conducts activities research that improve quality of data, early warning, hazard mapping vulnerability assessments. UNESCO works closely with national institutions, UNESCO centres chairs promotes inter-institutional regional cooperation. Commission of the Geological Map of the World / UNESCO Ecosystems Services UNESCO promotes the implementation of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction. The Organization supports that this approach is mainstreamed in development planning at global, national local levels participates actively in the ongoing activities of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity Ecosystem Services the Partnership for Environment Disaster Risk Reduction. Mangroves play an important role in buffering coastlines against tsunamis adapting to gradual sea-level rise, Papua New Guinea UNESCO /Marta Vanucci Strengthening Scientific Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction UNESCO facilitates implements technical training workshops research activities in disaster risk reduction to improve the capacities of countries to cope with natural hazards. These capacity building activities result in enhancing the current knowledge in proceedings resource materials to help decision-makers stake-holders to build their capacity in managing disaster risks as well as creating networks of technical experts. Aerial view of the Sabu Bale Temple surrounded by high water after the 2009 floods in the Indus River. Government of Pakistan Reducing Earthquake Losses in the South Central Asian Region. Ingrid Verstraeten
List of Programmes, Networks Initiatives UNESCO leads or participates in UNESCO s work in Disaster Risk Reduction is developed by its different programmes, networks initiatives, by the actively participation in different Disaster Risk Reduction groups: African Network of Earth Science Institutions ANESI Future Earth Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction Resilience in the Education Sector - GADRRRES Global Earth Observing System of Systems GEOSS Global Earthquake Model GEM Global Geoparks Network GGN Global Ocean Observing System GOOS Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission - IOC International Consortium on Lslides ICL International Drought Initiative IDI International Engineering Initiative International Flood Initiative IFI International Geoscience Geoparks Programme IGGP International Hydrological Programme IHP International Platform on Earthquake Early Warning Systems IP-EEWS International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters IPRED International Sediment Initiative ISI Local Indigenous Knowledge Systems Programme LINKS Man the Biosphere Programme MAB Management of Social Transformations Programme MOST Partnership for Environment Disaster Risk Reduction PEDRR Reducing Earthquake Losses in the Extended Mediterranean Region RELEMR Reducing Earthquake Losses in the South Central Asian Region RELSAR/RELCAR UNESCO s Earth Science Education Initiative in Africa ESEIA World Heritage Center WHC Worldwide Initiative for Safe Schools WISS SC/DRR/ENG/2015/rev2016
UNESCO Disaster Risk Reduction UNESCO operates at the interface between natural social sciences, education, culture communication playing a vital role in constructing a global culture of resilient communities. UNESCO assists countries to build their capacities for preventing disasters managing climate risk, with their ability to cope with natural hazards. The Organization provides a forum for governments to work together it provides essential scientific practical advice in disaster risk reduction. Working alone or in collaboration with both UN Agencies other scientific entities, UNESCO has been a catalyst for international, inter-disciplinary cooperation in many aspects of disaster risk reduction mitigation. UNESCO leads Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission several international intergovernmental scientific programmes (including, the International Hydrological Programme, the International Geosciences Geoparks Programme) that provide the framework for its current future strategies. Member States the international community adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction which was held in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015. This framework defines the 2030 international agenda for disaster risk reduction UNESCO is committed to operating in line with it, as well as with the Sustainable Development Goals the 2015 Paris Agreement, to promote a culture of safety resilience. The work of the Organization is being developed implemented through its different Sectors, Field Offices, Designated Affiliated Sites, Category I II Centers, UNESCO Chairs Networks. Educational, Scientific Cultural Organization Earth Sciences Geo-hazards Risk Reduction Natural Sciences Sector UNESCO 7, place de Fontenoy 75732 Paris 07 SP, France Tel: +33 (0)1 45 68 10 00 eesegr@unesco.org http://www.unesco.org/