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- Join the Conversation - Join the Virtual Global Platform 2013
- Job Opening: Training Assistant
- Los Angeles Tests Water Pipes That Stand Up to Quakes
- Join the resilience and adaptation community at the Resilient Cities 2013 congress!
- Joint Focus Group Workshop on Earthquake Related Activities in Bangladesh
- Local Governments and Cities feedback on the Post 2015 Disaster Risk Reduction Framework
- EMI conducts Flood Mapping Exercises with Quezon City emergency response unit personnel
- Quezon City completes TWG working sessions for database development
- Kathmandu Risk Assessment Study-Collaboration Agreement between CEDIM/KIT and EMI
- The First of the Weekly working sessions for TWG members commence in Quezon City
- New schedule for the Joint Focus Group Workshop on Earthquake Related Activities in Bangladesh
- QC Project Steering Committee’s First Organizational Meeting
- EMI holds workshop for TWG in Quezon City, presents results to Steering Committee
- Joint Focus Group Workshop on Earthquake Related Activities in Government/ Semi-Government Agencies in Bangladesh
- CCDR course opens NDRMP 2013
- Join the Pool of Engineers for DOH Safe Hospitals Drive NOW!
- Quezon City steps up; EMI leads workshops, trainings with stakeholders
- Online training courses on Safe Cities, Land Use Planning and CDRMF successfully completed
- QC ties up with group to curb disaster risk
- EMI spearheads GIS training for Pasig City employees
- Damage and Reconstruction Needs Assessment Course completed!
- EMI delivers Kathmandu RSLUP Blended Training End-of-Course Report: Taking RSLUP Training into New Heights
- EMI offers online courses on Disaster Risk Management and Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning
- Monsoon rains submerge Metro Manila and other nearby provinces
- Orientation on Pasig Resilience to Earthquakes and Floods Project held with city stakeholders
- Metro Manila mayors, LGU stakeholders and NG officials converge on disaster preparedness
- Makati City receives award for innovative city-to-city learning initiative
- City 600 to generate 65% of world economic growth by 2025
- Anti-disaster program Project NOAH launches in Manila
- EMI provides insights on MMEIRS to barangay officials
- Coordination Meeting with the World Bank for the PEMSD project held
- EMI provides impetus to Pasig City’s emergency management system
- Pasig City Risk Profile and Atlas delivered to Pasig City
- EMI offers Global Internship Program for foreign students
- Job Opening: Training Manager (For Philippine Residents Only)
- New ISO standard for emergency management
- Mayors urged to participate in drafting post-2015 DRR framework
- Emergency Management Module 3 Training Conducted in Pasig City
- Global city-to-city sharing on DRR hosted by Makati City, Philippines
- EMI invited to present at ASEAN Training Course on DRR and CCA
- Presentation of Pasig HVRA key findings held
- EMI-GFDRR to implement CBDRM and DRNA online courses
- Special Focus on Urban Risk at Resilient Cities 2012
- IDRC Davos 2012 Call for Abstracts and Sessions extended
- EMI to Conduct Field Investigation for Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (HVRA)
- Strong Quake hits Central Philippines
- Pasig Risk-Sensitive Land Use Planning Workshop held
- EMI Launches Global Internship Program for Post-Grads
- Research Study to identify Red Cross and Red Crescent niche in urban community resilience programming in Asia Pacific
- IEC Materials delivered to Pasig CIty
- EMI Conducts First Field Investigation for RSLUP in Nepal
- Forty Eight Successfully Complete NDRMP Courses
- Tropical Storm Washi Death Toll Reaches 632
- Mexico City brings some good news to COP17
- IDRC Davos 2012 Call for Abstracts and Sessions now open
- EMI now Accepting Credit Card Payments for Online Courses
- Online Courses to Run this November
- World Steps Up for Children and Disaster Reduction
- Proceedings of the Third Session of Global Platform Now Available
- The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa set in November
- EMI and Pasig City Government Sets to Bolster EM Capacity of the City
- GeoHazards International to sponsor EERI E-Affiliates
- LIA workshop for Pasig City Concluded
- ADB seeks Senior Emergency Services Officer
- World's cities presents five-point action plan for sustainable development and DRR: Chengu Declaration for Action
- By the Numbers: 15 Most Populated Cities
- First Pasig Field Investigation on GIS successfully completed
- EMI and UNDP Jordan completes Phase I of DRRMP Aqaba
- EMI and Pasig City Government embark on project on Earthquake and Flood Resiliency
- Resilient Cities 2011 calls for funding for CCA to be bottom-up
- Registration for the Natural Disaster Risk Management Program is now open!
- EMI's Dr. Bendimerad and Atty Seva to present during Geneva Conference
- EMI and UNWFP complete Capacity Needs Assessment project
- Dr. Renato Solidum elected as Vice-Chairperson for EMI Board
- Earthquake Scare Questions Philippine Disaster Preparedness
- World's big cities set to become even more crowded
- EMI and OCD push for DRM capacity building in the Philippines
- Tokyo at risk: Can megacities cope with disaster?
- Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction on the 11 March earthquake and tsunami in Japan
- Philippines: Mayors urged to initiate measures on climate change, disaster risk reduction
- Help Japan through SEEDS
- Australia: Surviving Yasi due to planning and not ‘miracle’, says top UN disaster official
- Getting Ready for the Next Big Quake in Nepal
- Climate change costing PH $241M yearly, says study
- 2010 in numbers: CRED statistics summarize the past year’s disaster impacts
- Global Forum on Resilient Cities to be held in June 2011
- Proceedings of the Understanding Risk Forum now available
- UNISDR: Australia floods demonstrate rising cost of damage in face of “new normal”
- Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction to be held in May 2011
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- Capacity Assessment of Selected Level 3 Hospitals in Luzon, Philippines
- IFRC Asia Pacific Urban DRR Study
- Building a Disaster Resilient Quezon City Project
- Bangladesh Urban Earthquake Resilience Project
- Pasig City Resilience to Earthquakes and Floods Project
- City Preparedness: Assessment Status and Action Plan
- Capacity Needs Assessment for Disaster Preparedness and Response
- RSLUP in Nepal
- DRM in Aqaba
- DRR in Greater Mumbai
- DRMMP in Amman
- Review of DRM Models and Tools
- Mainstreaming DRR in Metro Manila
- Local Action for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Kathmandu
- DRR in Greater Mumbai
- Disaster Risk Reduction In Greater Mumbai
- Legal and Institutional Arrangements in Greater Mumbai
- 10th Field Investigation: Building Up An Emergency Management System in Greater Mumbai
- Geographic Information System GeoDatabase for Disaster Risk Reduction in Greater Mumbai
- Data collection on disaster risk in Mumbai ongoing
- EMI Conducts 2nd Field Investigation in Mumbai
- Asian cities reaffirm commitment to mainstreaming disaster risk management in urban development and governance
- EMI prepares for 3cd Program implementation in Mumbai
- Mainstreaming DRR in Metro Manila
- Mainstreaming DRR in Metro Manila
- EMI, Katmandu and GTZ explore partnership opportunities
- Local stakeholders set out action plans to reduce disaster risk
- Local stakeholders in Makati validate risk analysis results
- Land use team conducts 4th Field Investigation in Kathmandu
- Initial survey results presented to Makati stakeholders
- German funding agency DKKV visits EMI for project review
- Land use team conducts third field investigation in Kathmandu
- EMI trains local engineers on rapid visual screening of buildings for seismic vulnerability
- Socio-economic survey of households in Bgy. Rizal ongoing
- Visioning and SWOT Analysis Workshop for Brgy. Rizal held
- Strengthening the foundation for Kathmandu’s Emergency Management System
- Strategic planning workshop on Kathmandu’s risk-sensitive land use planning held
- Competency building for Kathmandu city government's disaster management personnel
- Land use planning team off to Kathmandu for strategic planning
- Community leaders discuss risk communication plan
- EMI and Makati City set out plans to conduct physical risk assessment
- First Community Preparation Meeting for Makati City Urban Redevelopment Held
- Strategic planning workshop for FFO Phase 2 Project held in Makati City
- First Barangay Consultation Meeting on Makati Risk-Sensitive Urban Redevelopment Planning Held
- Reducing Disaster Risk in Megacities
- Asian cities reaffirm commitment to mainstreaming disaster risk management in urban development and governance
- Emergency management experts review MEGA-Safe
- Asia Megacities Forum to be held in April
- EMI will meet with its partners on March 29, 2009 in Kobe, Japan to further discuss the implementati
- Istanbul approves tender for social structure survey
- Americas megacities forum held in LA
- Mumbai megacities forum moved to March 2009
- Cities share experience in reducing disaster risk
- EMI to talk about MEGA-Index at Metropolis Congress 2008
- Los Angeles to host International Earthquake Conference
- MEGA-Index application in Istanbul initiated
- EMI promotes DRR among Asia-Pacific cities
- EMI and Jakarta strenghtens partnership
- ISDR releases proceedings of the first session of the Global Platform for DRR
- Americas megacities convene in Mexico
- Urban DRR tackled at the 7th IIASA/DPRI IDRiM Forum
- EMI invited to the First Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
- EMI releases new publications!
- Metro Manila 3cd Evaluation Workshop Report now available!
- Local stakeholders evaluate the 3cd Program in Metro Manila
- DRMMP in Amman
- DRMMP in Amman
- Istanbul approves tender for social structure survey
- EMI heads to Amman for last field investigation
- EMI carries on developing DRMMP for Amman
- EMI carries on developing DRMMP for Amman
- EMI heads to Amman for First Field Investigation
- EMI inks partnership with Amman, Jordan
- Amman, Jordan
- Review of DRM Model and Tools
- Partnership for Urban Risk Reduction
- PURR organizes a roundtable in the 2nd GPDRR meeting
- Tracking progress of Asian local governments in DRR
- EMI shares local experience at the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference in DRR
- Local authorities around the world reaffirmed their commitment to reduce disaster risks
- PURR declaration expected to be adopted in Istanbul
- EMI and partners offer a training program in Sydney
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- Ongoing Projects
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- Local Action for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Kathmandu
- City Preparedness: Assessment Status and Action Pl
- Safe Hospitals Assessment in Luzon, Philippines
- Building a Disaster Resilient Quezon City Project
- Bangladesh Urban Earthquake Resilience Project
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News Archive
- Archive 2010
- Another successful run of Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Framework Course completed.
- New World Bank-UN report outlines cost-effective measures to reduce impacts of natural hazards
- Mexico City mayor nominated as Resilient Cities Champion
- Asian Parliamentarians call on governments to allocate at least 1% of national budget to disaster risk reduction
- Climate Adaptation Academy launched in the Philippines
- UNISDR regional office and training center to open in Korea in 2012
- 20 Philippine governors sign up to make their provinces resilient to disasters
- Events in Indonesia highlight vulnerability of Pacific Rim countries to natural disasters
- New World Bank report on impact of climate change on Asian coastal megacities released
- Haiti Earthquake Reconstruction Report Available
- New Publications Available
- October 13 marks International Day for Disaster Reduction
- Christchurch earthquake highlights role of building standards in reducing damage, loss of life
- ISDR-Asia Partnership to hold meeting in Incheon
- Future of Cities Congress to be held in Incheon, Korea
- EMI conducts online courses on Disaster Risk Management Framework and Risk-Sensitive Land Use Planning
- Shanghai Forum on DRR showcases Mumbai DRMMP Project
- 10th Metropolis World Congress to be held in Cairo in April 2011
- IAP Launches DRR Project Portal
- ADPC Newsletter features EMI Project in Makati City
- EMI offers Online Course on Climate Change
- Global Course on Community-based Disaster Risk Management Concluded
- EMI Trustee is Next Vice President of the Philippines
- Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act signed into law
- MCGM Commisioner to present Mumbai DRMMP Project in Global Campaign Launch
- World's Mayors declare course of action for Climate Adaptation
- Global Campaign on Resilient Cities Launched in Bonn, Germany
- EMI and Makati City present Risk-Sensitive Urban Redevelopment Planning Project at World Urban Forum 5
- Metropolis International Institute to hold field study in Chicago
- EMI to participate at the 1st World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change
- Video: Is Manila ready for an earthquake? [CNN]
- EMI participates in Forum on the West Valley Fault: Preparing for a Big Earthquake
- EMI Kick off 2010 with Community-based Disaster Risk Management Course
- EMI conducts Field Investigation in Kathmandu
- Archive 2009
- Makati should take up immediate concerns over high-risk areas in Brgy. Rizal, says expert
- WBI-EMI delivers online course on Financial Strategies on Managing the Economic Impacts of Natural
- Makati Stakeholders Identify Key Projects to Redevelop Barangay Rizal
- Naples to host World Cities Management workshop
- Building a More Resilient Metro Manila: Learning from Ketsana
- Climate Policy Brief for cities released; EMI cited as one of the leading initiatives on urban DRR
- Stakeholders refine the proposed risk-sensitive land use plan for Kathmandu
- EMI expert and local stakeholders examine resilience of Mumba is basic services to disaster risks
- EMI launches timely online course as Asian countries rebuild in the aftermath of disasters
- EMI conducts Emergency Management Field Investigation in Mumbai
- Tropical Storm Ketsana: Loss Estimes and Recovery Efforts
- Tropical Storm Ketsana leaves Metro Manila Devastated
- DRMMP: The need for a comprehensive approach to reduce risk for Metro Manila
- City-to-city sharing between Makati and Kathmandu held
- Data collection on disaster risk in Mumbai ongoing
- Local stakeholders in Makati to formulate PPAs
- Metro Manila Before and After Ketsana (Satelitte Images)
- EMI wraps up online course on earthquake risk reduction
- Local stakeholders set out action plans to reduce disaster risk
- EMI joins CITYNET Congress 2009
- EMI, Katmandu and GTZ explore partnership opportunities
- EMI chairs Urban Risk Working Group in DIPECHO-NDCC consultative workshop
- EMI shares experience at International Conference on Megacities in Leipzig
- All participants passed Safe Cities course
- Megacity indicators system presented at Marmara Symposium
- EMI supports building a Local Government Alliance for DRR in Asia
- Fourteen participants pass EMI distance learning courses
- Bogota invites EMI, Americas Cluster to earthquake drill
- Call for applications: Web Development
- Local stakeholders in Makati validate risk analysis results
- Land use team conducts 4th Field Investigation in Kathmandu
- EMI supports symposium commemorating 1999 Marmara Earthquakes
- EMI lectures at JICA-Kobe University Training Program for Urban Seismic Risk Reduction
- EMI conducts 2nd Field Investigation in Mumbai
- EMI pushes for urban risk reduction at the 2nd GPDRR meeting
- EMI, WBI hold online course on integrated climate risk management
- Initial survey results presented to Makati stakeholders
- PURR organizes a roundtable in the 2nd GPDRR meeting
- Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction launched in Bahrain
- Asian cities reaffirm commitment to mainstreaming disaster risk management in urban development and governance
- EMI shares experience at regional planning summit
- Emergency management experts review MEGA-Safe
- German funding agency DKKV visits EMI for project review
- ISDR Asia Partnership takes KL Declaration forward
- Land use team conducts third field investigation in Kathmandu
- Application to EMIs online course on risk-sensitive land use planning ongoing
- EMI prepares for 3cd Program implementation in Mumbai
- WBI, EMI offer online course on risk-sensitive land use planning
- Two new staff join EMI
- EMI talks about managing risks in megacities of the developing world
- Partners to discuss details of global DRM certification project
- EMI launches internal brown bag series
- Istanbul approves tender for social structure survey
- EMI trains local engineers on rapid visual screening of buildings for seismic vulnerability
- Asia Megacities Forum to be held in April
- Socio-economic survey of households in Bgy. Rizal ongoing
- EMI heads to Amman for last field investigation
- Archive 2008
- Los Angeles to host International Earthquake Conference
- gic planning workshop on Kathmandus risk-sensitive land use planning held
- Mumbai megacities forum moved to March 2009
- Californians prepare for mock Big One
- Major cities share experience in reducing disaster risk
- Competency building for disaster management personnel of Kathmandu city government
- Linking climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in cities
- EMI and partners talk about DRM certification in Kobe
- Land use planning team off to Kathmandu for strategic planning
- Local officials to communicate earthquake risks in Makati City
- EMI and Makati City set out plans to conduct physical risk assessment
- Thirty-five participants successfully complete CBDRM Course
- 2nd Session of the ISDR Global Platform set in June 2009
- Basic DRM Course to be offered again in October 2008
- EMI kicks off GDRRR project in the Philippines
- PURR introduced at the UCLG ASPAC Congress
- Third Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction to be held in December
- CDRMF course completed
- PURR partners to hold training on urban DRR
- 5.5 Magnitude Quake shakes Bogota , Columbia
- WBI, NDCC, and EMI hold Face-to-Face launching of Distance Learning Program
- "What we are seeing in every urban earthquake is a result of mostly avoidable errors"
- EMI, partners launch local action for DRR
- EMI participates in the formulation of the Philippine Strategic National Action Plan for DRR
- EMI heads to Amman for First Field Investigation
- Makati City and Kathmandu exchange notes on planning and emergency management
- EMI explores partnership with Munich Re
- NDRMP application period extended!
- EMI participates in the ProVention Consortium Forum 2008
- 41 participants complete WBI-TOT Course
- Makati and Kathmandu to take part in City-to-City Sharing
- PIT meets for Phase II of Makati Urban Redevelopment Planning project
- EMI shares megacities DRR experience with other local governments in the Philippines
- EMI joins ISDR Asia Partnership for DRR
- Regional Task Force on Urban DRR meets in Kobe
- Looking for a Technical Director
- EMI enters into an agreement with Kathmandu local experts and officials
- EMI, KMC, NSET brief German Embassy in Kathmandu
- WBI Distance Learning Program on NDRM to start in May!
- Project briefing with the German Embassy in Manila
- EMI to help Makati City in Urban Redevelopment Project
- New staff on board
- MEGA-Index application in Istanbul initiated
- Archive 2007
- EMI joins training learning circle
- WBI strengthens EMI capacity
- WBI to hold Moodle training for EMI and NDCC/OCD staff
- EMI promotes DRR among Asia-Pacific cities
- EMI continues consultation with UN agencies
- RP benefits from Asian megacities forum in Jakarta
- EMI explores partnership with the Royal Society of Chartered Surveyors
- Local governments share DRM knowledge and experiences at UCLG Congress
- EMI and Jakarta strenghtens partnership
- ISDR releases proceedings of the first session of the Global Platform for DRR
- Americas megacities convene in Mexico
- Urban DRR tackled at the 7th IIASA/DPRI IDRiM Forum
- EMI completes delivery of WBI Distance Learning Program on Natural Disaster Risk Management
- EMI participates in the UNU-EHS Summer Academy 2007
- EMI to promote DRR at the UCLG World Congress
- EMI scales up training program for cities
- EMI seals agreement with Istanbul
- EMI discusses cooperation with Istanbul
- EMI submits Final Report for UNDP/BCPR project
- Update on the Americas Megacities Forum 2007
- EMI to present case studies on building code enforcement
- EMI and ICLEI join hands
- Global Forum report now available!
- EMI promotes programs in Pakistan
- EMI invited to the First Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
- EMI releases new publications!
- Curbing Urban Exposure to Risk
- Asia Megacities Forum 2006 Proceedings now available!
- EMI inks partnership with Amman, Jordan
- [News] Major cities should better prepare for earthquakes: study
- Local stakeholders evaluate the 3cd Program in Metro Manila
- CBDRM course successfully concluded!
- MEGA-Learn soon to be upped!
- Archive 2006
- Sixth Metro Manila Field Trip Report now available
- The 5th Metro Manila Field Trip Proceedings Report may now be downloaded
- EMI holds 6th 3cd Field Trip in Metro Manila
- EMI to hold Asia Megacities Forum in Kobe
- EMI launches the WBI Distance Learning Program in Metro Manila
- EMI at the International Disaster Reduction Conference in Davos
- EMI to deliver the WBI Distance Learning Program on Natural Disaster Risk Management
- Update on the Megacities DRM Knowledge Base
- EMI Participates in the Philippine National Science and Technology Week
- EMI conducts 3cd field trips in Metro Manila and Kathmandu
- 2005 Annual Report now available
- EMI and Kobe University launch training for urban disaster professional
- EMI is looking for a General Manager
- Report on the Americas Cluster Meeting now available
- Update on the Americas Cluster Meeting in Bogota
- EMI undertakes 5th Field Trip in Metro Manila
- EMI participates in the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference in San Francisco
- EMI launches internship program
- Update on the 3cd Kathmandu Field Trip
- First Announcement for the Americas Cluster Meeting in Quito
- EMI presents paper at the 2nd ACEE conference in Manila
- Introducing the Megacity Indicators System for DRM
- Update on the 3cd Program status in Metro Manila
- EMI conducts workshops on mainstreaming DRR in Metro Manila
- Preparation for the Americas Cluster Meeting in Quito underway
- Report from the 2005 American Cluster Meeting in Bogota now available