Living with Risk. A global review of disaster reduction initiatives

an International Training Centre for
Local Actors (CIFAL) in Divonne-les-
Bains, France. This Centre provides a
service structure, an international meeting
location and an exchange of experiences
open to all actors involved with
sustainable development and international
cooperation at the local level.
Recognizing the utility of geographic
information systems and other modern
information and communication technologies
for advancing disaster reduction,
UNITAR has been organizing training
sessions in these fields since 1986 as well
as several training activities related to
disaster reduction. These include training
Related international commitments and the UN role in disaster risk reduction
sessions for African civil servants working
in the field of land degradation, workshops
for local authorities in Crimea and
Lebanon and additional workshops for
national decision makers in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and countries
of the Southern Caucasus on the use of
information systems for disaster reduction.
UNITAR
Palais des Nations
CH 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Tel: (+41-22) 917 12 34
Fax: (+41-22) 917 80 47
E-mail: info@unitar.org
Web site: www.unitar.org
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