22 May 2013: ECB Project Advisors attend Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is taking place this week in Geneva, Switzerland. The Fourth session of the platform, which is held every two years, provides a forum for information exchange, discussion about latest developments and knowledge and partnership building across sectors. Managed by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the platform aims to improve DRR initiatives through better communication and coordination amongst stakeholders. Read more

1 May 2013: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation – A short course from IDS and ICCCAD

“What needs to be done differently so as to make sure that disaster risk reduction (DRR) is aligned with the needs of adaptation to climate change?”

This question is at the forefront of a new short course from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh, about Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. Read more

30 April 2013: Dissemination of Bangladesh’s Disaster Management Act underway

In September 2012, Bangladesh’s Minister for Food and Disaster Management passed the country’s first Disaster Management Act (DMA) following over two years of joint advocacy efforts by the ECB Project’s Bangladesh consortium. Read more

25 April 2013: ‘Leaving Disasters Behind’ – an ECB guide to Disaster Risk Reduction in Ethiopia

In partnership with the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), the ECB Disaster Risk Reduction Initiative held a ‘writeshop’ in 2005 that brought key stakeholders together to talk about DRR, with special reference to Ethiopia. Read more