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Nigeria national capacity assessment report on disaster risk reduction
Dia AliouMamadou; Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative (CADRI); Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); et al. - United Nations, 2012This publication identifies gaps and challenges Nigeria is currently facing to fully engage in preventing, mitigating and reducing natural disaster risks. The assessment is also an opportunity to clearly identify existing capacities both at national and state levels, to understand desired capacities, and to propose recommendations on how they can be further developed and strengthened.
It focuses on national and state capacities for disaster risk reduction (DRR) using the indicators set for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. It looks into five technical areas o ...
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Available online: http://preventionweb.net/go/28963
AliouMamadou Dia ; Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative ; Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome, Italia) ; International Organization for Migration ; National Emergency Management Agency (Nigeria) ; United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (Switzerland) ; United Nations Development Programme ; United Nations Refugees Agency ; United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ; United Nations Population Fund
Published by: United Nations ; 2012This publication identifies gaps and challenges Nigeria is currently facing to fully engage in preventing, mitigating and reducing natural disaster risks. The assessment is also an opportunity to clearly identify existing capacities both at national and state levels, to understand desired capacities, and to propose recommendations on how they can be further developed and strengthened.
It focuses on national and state capacities for disaster risk reduction (DRR) using the indicators set for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. It looks into five technical areas of capacity development: (i) ownership, (ii) institutional arrangements, (iii) competencies, (iv) working tools and resources, and (v) relationships/coordination.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Capacity development ; Natural hazards ; Nigeria
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