by Raphael | Jan 8, 2021 | DRR Knowledge Products, Publications
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including micro SMEs, are the bedrock of global, national, and local markets. Two in every three people works in an SME (OECD 2019).1 When disaster strikes, SMEs are hit harder, suffer longer and are slower to recover than larger...
by Raphael | Oct 7, 2020 | Cities Clusters - COVID-19, Cities Clusters - DRR, Cities Project, News
6 October, New York – Over 2,500 participants from close to 150 countries and territories, with almost equal gender participation, attended a certified online training workshop, that took place between 8 September to 6 October 2020, focusing on making cities...
by Raphael | Aug 24, 2020 | Cities Clusters - COVID-19, Cities Clusters - DRR, Cities Project, Events
UNDRR GETI, UNOSSC & PAHO Joint Online Training: Making Cities Resilient: Developing & Implementing Local Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies to Respond to COVID-19 & Better Prepare for the Future Background Over the past 20 years disasters have affected...