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African Development Bank rolls out programme to boost climate risk financing and insurance for African countries

The African Development Bank has approved the Africa Disaster Risks Financing (ADRiFi) Programme, the institution’s first...

Africa-Arab Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction: Statement from the Scientific, Technology and Academic Community

Statement from the Scientific, Technology and Academic Community (Africa-Arab Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, Tunis, Tunisia).   Date: 12...

Remembering the Life of Terry Jeggle

ASLAM PERWAIZ Deputy Executive Director Asian Disaster Preparedness Center   Remembering Terry Jeggle (04th January 1947 – 17th September 2018) Today...

FIRST PERIPERI U AFRICAN RISK METHODS SCHOOL OPENS

The 10th September represents the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the Periperi U partnership...

Iso Lomso Fell owships: Call for Applications 2018

The STIAS Iso Lomso Fellowship Programme provides an exceptional early career opportunity for Africa’s brightest minds...

Fourth Biennial SASDiR Conference

The Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction (SASDiR) is inviting academics, researchers, postgraduate students and disaster...

Periperi U Staff Undertaking Volcano Monitoring Training Course

Dr Wantim Mabel, the Project manager of the Periperi U project based at the University of...

Africa-Arab Regional Platform Registration Open

For the first time ever, Africa and Arab States will come togeFor the first time ever,...

Call for Papers: Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) have launched the official Call for Papers to...

Call for Masters Applications for Talented Female Students

The Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACE II) Project supports the governments...

Proceedings of the 2017 International Day for Disaster Reduction, Addis Ababa

This summary captures a half day celebration program of the 2017 International Day for Disaster Reduction...

ADA Winter School 2018: Doctoral School Programme

The African Doctoral Academy have opened applications for their winter school programme. ​​The two week long...

EXTERNAL BURSARY ADVERTISEMENT FOR 2018

The National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) hereby invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the external...

Call for pre-proposals: Pathways towards Sustainable African Urban Development

Call for pre-proposals: Pathways towards Sustainable African Urban Development Deadline: 14 May 2018 (18:00 CET) Submission via http://bit.ly/2GWhl6N ICSU...

Peer review papers from the 7th ICBR - 7th International Conference on Building Resilience

176 peer review papers from the 7th ICBR - 7th International Conference on “Building Resilience: Using scientific...

Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) Africa Survey

The Global Young Academy (GYA), an international society of young scientists, in collaboration with research partners...

Call for papers: 2018 World Social Science Forum

  The 2018 World Social Science Forum will take place in Fukuoka, Japan, from 25 to 28...

CALL FOR PAPERS: 4thNational Conference on “Building Disaster Resilient Community in Ethiopia”

The Institute of Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Studies (IDRMFSS), Bahir Dar University will held...