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Annexesa2Disaster Management Center, University of Wisconsin, USA.The center’s goal is to help improve the emergency management performance of non-governmental organizations, local and nationalgovernments, and international organizations, through a comprehensive professional development program in disaster management.Distance learning is the principal approach for this international program. http://dmc.engr.wisc.edu/about/edlinks.htmlDisaster Management Facility (DMF), World Bank, Washington D.C., USADMF aims to reduce human suffering and economic losses caused by natural and technological disasters. Making sure that disaster preventionand mitigation are integral parts of development requires action, the DMF takes action by providing technical support to WorldBank operations, promoting capacity-building, and establishing partnerships with the international and scientific community working ondisaster issues. http://www.worldbank.org/dmf/mission.htmDisaster Management Institute of Southern Africa. (DMISA), South AfricaDMISA is an organisation where everyone involved in Disaster Management can relate to others with similar interests, and createsopportunities for the improvement of disaster management in Southern Africa.http://www.cmc.gov.za/pht/DMISA.htmDisaster Management Technical Council (CTGC), MozambiqueThe CTGC provides technical back-up to the National Disaster Management Institute (INGC), an autonomous institution underthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.Disaster Management Unit, (DMU), Standing Office of the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control(CCFSC), VietnamThe Vietnam Disaster Management Unit (DMU) is the mechanism chosen by the Government of Vietnam andUNDP to join together over 1000 years of Vietnamese flood protection culture with twenty-first century westerntechnology to better protect the entire population of Vietnam against the annual natural disasters that ravage thecountry. http://www.undp.org.vn/dmu/index.htmlDisaster Recovery Business Alliance (DRBA)DRBA is an organization, a process and a product that is designed to provide an improvement in a community’s ability to deal with disasterrecovery by the formation of an effective alliance between the private and public sectors of a community. It offers a tested model toassist local leaders in forming and facilitating a lifeline-based planning organization to serve a local community. It was established andfunded by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and co-founded by the Department of Energy, and the Association of ContingencyPlanners (ACP). DRBA has formed partnerships with many public and private sector organizations such as the Central UnitedStates Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC), National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), the Institute for Business andHome Safety (IBHS) and many others. http://www.acp-international.com/drba/Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, USADRC, is a social science research center devoted to the study of disasters. It was established at Ohio State University in 1963 and movedto the University of Delaware in 1985. The center conducts field and survey research on group, organizational and community preparationfor, response to, and recovery from natural and technological disasters and other community-wide crises. DRC researchers have carriedout systematic studies on a broad range of disaster types, including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hazardous chemicalincidents, plane crashes. http://www.udel.edu/DRC/nodhtml.htmlDrought Monitoring Centre (DMC), Harare, Zimbabwe and Nairobi, KenyaThe Drought Monitoring Centres (DMCs) for Eastern and Southern Africa are charged with the responsibility of monitoring ofdrought and other climatic conditions in a timely manner with respect to intensity, geographical extent, duration and impact upon agriculturalproduction and to give early warning for the formulation of appropriate strategies to combat any anticipated adverse effects.http://www.meteo.go.ke/dmc/contact.html http://lion.meteo.go.ke/dmc/eEarthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center (EDM), Miki, JapanThe main purpose of the EDM is to produce “Frontier Research on Earthquake Disaster Mitigation for Urban Regions.” The majorresearch activities are performed by three research teams: the disaster process simulation team, the disaster information system team andthe structural performance team. http://www.edm.bosai.go.jp/english.htmEarthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), Oakland, California, USAThe objective of EERI is to reduce earthquake risk by advancing the science and practice of earthquakeengineering, by improving understanding of the impact of earthquakes on the physical, social, economic,political and cultural environment,and by advocating comprehensive and realistic measures for reducing the harmful effects of earthquakes. http://www.eeri.org/349
a2Living with Risk: A global review of disaster reduction initiativesEMERCOM RussiaMinistry of Civil Defense and Emergencies. http://emercom.on.ufanet.ru/Emergency Management Australia (EMA)EMA provides national leadership in the development of measures to reduce risk to communities and manage the consequencesof disasters. It is the Federal Agency responsible for reducing the impact of natural and man-made disasters on the Australian community.http://www.ema.gov.au/Emergency Management Australia Institute (EMAI), Mt. Macedon, AustraliaEmergency Management Australia’s research and training centre at Mt Macedon was renamed the “Emergency Management AustraliaInstitute” (EMAI) in January, 2002 . The change was made to better reflect the Institute as an integral part of EMA’s corebusiness and to stress the holistic nature of the organisation’s operations across its sites in Canberra and Mt. Macedon Victoria.EMAI conducts a program of activities which includes the National Studies Program, education and training activities, resourcedevelopment to support the curriculum and the provision of information through the Australian Emergency Management InformationCentre. EMAI is the education and information arm of Emergency Management Australia (EMA).http://www.ema.gov.au/fs-education.htmlEmergency Preparedness Canada (EPC)see: Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP).http://www.ocipep-bpiepc.gc.ca/home/index_e.htmlEnvironment and Society Institute (ESI), State University of New York, Buffalo, USAIt offers courses on engineering and applied sciences and hosts the National Centre for Geographic Information and Analysis(NCGIA), the Center for Urban Studies. The Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) is an affiliatedresearch center. http://www.buffalo.edu/European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO)The European Union’s mandate to ECHO is to provide emergency assistance and relief to the victims of natural disasters or armedconflict outside the European Union. The aid is intended to go directly to those in distress, irrespective of race, religion or political convictions.http://europa.eu.int/comm/echo/en/index_en.htmlEuropean Environment Agency (EEA), Copenhagen, DenmarkThe EEA aims to support sustainable development and to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe’s environmentthrough the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policy making agents and thepublic.http://www.eea.eu.int/European Directorate General Joint Research Centre (JRC)The Joint Research Centre (JRC) Directorate-General is an integral part of the European Commission. It provides independentscientific and technical advice to the Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and EU Member States insupport of European Union (EU) policies. Its main aim is to help to create a safer, cleaner, healthier and more competitive Europe.Its seven scientific institutes carry out research of direct concern to EU citizens. It provides technical know-how both directly andthrough co-ordinating and contributing to numerous broader networks linking industry, universities and national institutes. TheJRC is playing an important role in helping establish the European Research Area (ERA). http://www.jrc.org/European Laboratory for Structural Assessment – Earthquake Engineering (ELSA), Ispra, ItalyThe construction of bridges, viaducts, buildings or tunnels, which can withstand earthquakes, involves using particularly sophisticatedsimulation laboratories. The most prestigious of these is ELSA, which is a technological flagship for the European Commission’sJoint Research Centre. http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/success/en/env/0071e.htmlEuropean Research Area (ERA)On 18, January 2000 the European Commission adopted this Communication “Towards a European Research Area” which ismeant to contribute to the creation of better overall framework conditions for research in Europe. ERA is regrouping all Communitysupports for the better coordination of research activities and the convergence of research and innovation policies, at national andEU levels. http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/era/index_en.htmlEuropean Union (EU)The European Union (EU) was set through the process of European integration was launched on 9 May 1950 when France officiallyproposed to create ‘the first concrete foundation of a European federation’. Six countries (Belgium, Germany, France, Italy,Luxembourg and the Netherlands) joined from the very beginning. Today, after four waves of accessions (1973: Denmark, Irelandand the United Kingdom; 1981: Greece; 1986: Spain and Portugal; 1995: Austria, Finland and Sweden) the EU has 15 MemberStates and is preparing for the accession of 13 eastern and southern European countries. Its main agencies are: European Parliament,Council of the Union, European Commission, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, European Central Bank, European Economicand Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Investment Bank, European Ombudsman.http://www.europa.eu.int/350
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