Serving the information needs of the disaster reduction community

Pre-conference event: SADKNCraig Duncan, Senior Coordinator

Sarah Wade Hutman, Managing EditorUNISDR, Information Management Unit

9 May 2011

makes it easier to:

• connect and collaborate in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action

• find and share disaster risk reduction information with partners & practitioners • discover “who’s doing what where” and harmonize efforts

• share what you’re doing in DRR

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provides access to:

• 3600+ information sources

• HFA policy guidance and all progress reports – regional, national and local • Daily updates on DRR thematic areas

• 60,000 unique users per month

• 25,000 repeat visitors per week

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Tools for Countries for implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action & supporting platforms

• HFA reports & policy

• Access to HFA Monitor

• National Platform guidance

• Private online workspaces

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Information by country or region, hazard or theme on implementing the Hyogo Framework and strengthening communities of practice

• Documents, events, news, policy, and more

• Educational and training materials & academic programmes

• Promotion of networks & communities of practice

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Share and find experience in implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action

• HFA Regional and National reports – local coming soon

• Compilation reports by HFA priority for action, 1 – 5

• Related thematic resources by HFA priority for action, 1 – 5

• Guidance documents on implementing the HFA

• ISDR system support projects

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Email alerts and RSS feeds

Get daily or weekly, regional or thematic updates of new

• Documents & publications• Educational materials & academic programmes • Training & events• News & announcements• Job vacancies

Private online workspaces

Continue your collaboration in establishing National Platforms

• Email discussion groups

• Archived messaging

• Shared files and resources

• Easy to participate

Promote, join or start a network or community of practice

Email discussion groups

• Archived messaging

• Shared files and resources

• Easy to participate

Search ‘All DRR’ websitesEasily find information and refine your searches by targeting disaster risk reduction websites

• Over 400 validated sources

• Refine by region, country, theme or hazard

• Share content to include your organization’s content

http://www.preventionweb.net/english/search/index.php?view=alldrr

Syndication

This is an example of a live data feed from PreventionWeb to the UN Brussels website >

http://www.preventionweb.net/api/unisdr-europe/index.html

Sample PHP feed: Disaster Stats (1)

PreventionWeb publishes disaster statistics supplied by OFDA/CRED International (Em-Dat) as a series of PHP files>

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Sample PHP feed: Disaster Stats (2)

PreventionWeb feeds these statistics into ReliefWeb – where visitors can look up disaster stats for particular countries>

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Sample Widget: PW Events Calendar

PreventionWebEvents Calendar featured on the Safer Schools website>

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Using Widgets: PW content on your site

What if the outputs of your implementing partners

shared via PreventionWeb werealso promoted on your websites?

… or your content on PreventionWeb?

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Thank you for your participation in this process.

http://www.preventionweb.net/submit

We look forward to strengthening the distributed knowledge network.

Pre-conference event: SADKNSarah Wade Hutman, Managing Editor

wadehutman[at]un[dot]orgCraig Duncan, Senior Coordinator

duncanc[at]un[dot]org