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OFDA LAC Newsletter September 2012
2012-10-11
In an unprecedented gathering of minds, university professors, academic researchers, and experts in the field of disaster risk management, recently gathered to share ideas and explore strategies for the integration of higher education into national disaster risk reduction (DRR) frameworks. [Find out more...] |
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OFDA LAC Newsletter August 2012
[2012-09-26] Since 1989, USAID/OFDA’s Regional Disaster Assistance Program (RDAP) has provided training and technical assistance to the Government of Ecuador (GoE) to help strengthen national disaster risk management and response preparedness capabilities. [Find out more...] |
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OFDA LAC Newsletter July 2012
[2012-08-10] As part of its regional DRR Plan for Latin America and the Caribbean, USAID/OFDA works to foster strategic relationships between private enterprise, governments, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in order to increase in-kind and monetary support for disaster response and strategic partnerships for risk reduction activities. [Find out more...] |
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OFDA LAC Newsletter June 2012
[2012-06-01] USAID/OFDA strives to integrate gender equality and female empowerment into disaster response and disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities worldwide. [Find out more...] |
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OFDA LAC Newsletter May 2012
[2012-05-01] Although USAID/OFDA helps countries respond to disasters yearround, particular emphasis is given each year to preparing for the Atlantic Basin hurricane season (from June 1 to November 30). The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has forecast a near-normal Atlantic Basin hurricane season this year. [Find out more...] |
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OFDA LAC Newsletter April 2012
[2012-04-01] The USAID/OFDA Regional Disaster Assistance Program (RDAP) held the first Advanced Incident Command System Course for Command and General Staff in Complex Incidents (ICS 400) in San José, Costa Rica, from March 26 to 29. Twenty people, including instructors and leaders of
ICS implementation processes in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Mexico, participated in the training, provided by ICS 400 instructors from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, in California. [Find out more...] |
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Last Updated on 2012-10-11
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