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Yangon, Myanmar, 24 March 2014 to 28 March 2014

Managing yourself and others more effectively What is this course about?Projects or programmes are implemented by a team of profes...

THEMES : Communication and Awareness / Community Based Adaptation / Financing Adaptation / Private Sector

Manila, Philippines, 03 March 2014 to 04 March 2014

Training of Trainers

"Rouse and guide the spirit and wisdom of groups" What is this course about?Training takes people away from their work with the ai...

THEMES : Communication and Awareness / Community Based Adaptation / Financing Adaptation / Private Sector

Colombo, Sri Lanka, 17 March 2014 to 21 March 2014

Results-Based Management

“It’s all about achieving results…” What is this course about?Although it sounds very logical and obvious to manage for results, i...

THEMES : Communication and Awareness / Ecosystems Based Adaptation / Financing Adaptation / Private Sector

Vientiane, Laos, 17 March 2014 to 20 March 2014

Winning Proposals and Reporting

The art of writing… What is this course about?You have an excellent project idea and now the challenge of gaining access to fundin...

THEMES : Communication and Awareness / Financing Adaptation / Private Sector

Kabul, Afghanistan, 30 June 2014 to 04 July 2014

Winning Proposals and Reporting

The art of writing… What is this course about?You have an excellent project idea and now the challenge of gaining access to fundin...

THEMES : Communication and Awareness / Ecosystems Based Adaptation / Financing Adaptation / Private Sector

Bali, Indonesia, 07 July 2014 to 09 July 2014

Disaster Risk Reduction

"It's All About Making The Right Choices At The Right Time" What is this course about?In a world where both natural and man-made d...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Coastal Zone Management / Disaster Risk Reduction / Loss and Damage / Natural Resources and Agriculture

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No End To The Himalayan Blunder?

knvajpai

Member since:
Feb 12, 2013

No End To The Himalayan Blunder?

Posted: Jan 07, 2014 - 19:59

The response to recent Uttarakhand disaster is seemingly inadequate, writes Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma. It has not only been a policy failure but institutional inadequacies lie exposed too. Mountain peculiarities have remained an exercise in academic deliberations. Often piecemeal and repetitive, several high level committees of the state have neither been able to foresee latent threats nor been visionary to suggest out-of-box actions to strengthen mountain resilience.

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Jakarta, Indonesia, 31 January 2014

Seminar: US Foundations & Support Raising Strategy

For who? Fundraisers and other staff of (I)NGOs and CSOs who want to explore new fundraising markets or have already taken a first...