RRI News
RRI in international forums
DARA participated in the UNISDR Making Cities Resilient Campaign Partners’ Meeting, held in Barcelona, April 4-5, 2013. Approximately fifty participants were in attendance, representing a range of countries across the globe and different sectors, including [...] Read more...
Regional DRR Mapping Exercise on Transnational Disaster Threats, April 2013, ECOWAS Commission, Abuja
The ECOWAS Commission hosted a two-day Regional DRR Mapping Exercise on Transnational Disaster Threats on 16-17 April 2013. The exercise was facilitated by the FOREWARN Initiative implementing partners, Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London [...] Read more...
Risk Reduction Index in West Africa: data collection and workshops
The Risk Reduction Index (RRI) data collection process in six study countries (Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Senegal, and The Gambia) has now finalised. The process involved a questionnaire and interviews to a variety of key informants from a wide range [...] Read more...
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
DARA participated in the 4th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, hosted by UNISDR and held in Geneva, May 19-23, 2013. DARA’s Belen Paley talks about the event. We presented our findings from our Risk Reduction Index work in six countries in West [...] Read more...
RRI in AllAfrica
Source: AllAfrica (in French) Sénégal: Atelier sur l'indice de réduction de risques de catastrophes, mercredi à Mbour Mbour — L'organisation internationale DARA, basée à Madrid, en Espagne, organise mercredi prochain, à Mbour, un atelier de restitution [...] Read more...
Risk Reduction Index presented at the Global Risk Forum in Davos, August 28th
DARA presented the Risk Reduction Index (RRI) at the Global Risk Forum held in Davos, August 26-30. The presentation, part of a panel session on Disaster Risk Management, focused on how the RRI can enable decision-makers to take more informed decisions based [...] Read more...
Risk Reduction Index Training of Country Focal Points in West Africa
Analysis of the Capacities and Conditions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation The second Risk Reduction Index (RRI) Training Session for Country Focal Points in West African countries, Dakar, August 21st, marked the beginning of the RRI [...] Read more...
Presentation of Risk Reduction Index methodology at Davos 2012
DARA will present the methodology and preliminary findings of its Risk Reduction Index at the 4th International Disaster and Risk Conference- IDRC Davos 2012, August 28. The pilot phase of the Risk Reduction Index took place in Central America and the Caribbean [...] Read more...
RRI West Africa and the FOREWARN Initiative launched
The Steering Committee of the FOREWARN Initiative was launched at the ECOWAS Secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria on 6 December 2011. The Forewarn initiative is focused on enhancing regional capacities in anticipation, adaptation, collaboration, innovation and strategic [...] Read more...
RRI Central America: providing data to the GAR11 (UNISDR)
Data from the Risk Reduction Index in Central America has been included in the second edition of the UNISDR’s 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction -Revealing Risk, Redefining Development. The GAR contributes to achieving the Hyogo Framework [...] Read more...