January 2012: Two years after the earthquake in Haiti... Read More

January 2012: The Philippine Government draws down US$500M to finance expenses related to the government’s recovery and reconstruction efforts... Read More

January 2012: How can we help battle hunger in the Horn of Africa? How can we prevent starvation and death from future droughts and other climate-related crises in the Horn and elsewhere? Read More

January 2012: GFDRR's Capacity Development Team - Helping to prepare disaster-prone countries for natural catastophes... Read More

December 2011: South Asian Countries Collaborating to Build Resilience Together Read More

December 2011: Lessons Learned from the 2011 Typhoon in Lao PDR Read More

December 2011: Following the recent drought emergency, the Kenyan government has embarked on an ambitious program to mitigate the impacts of similar disasters in the future.. Read More

November 2011: The HLF4 - the world's biggest forum on development assistance – was attended by approximately 3,000 people from 160 countries. GFDRR co-hosted the ... Read More

November 2011: World Bank/GFDRR, ASEAN, and UNISDR cooperate to strengthen fiscal resilience to natural disasters.. Read More

Apply to the Housner / GFDRR Fellows Program! Application deadline is November 18th, 2011 .. Read More

October 2011: GFDRR, in partnership with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), held a Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) training course .. Read More

October 2011: “A wave of excitement has taken over the country” said Jim Joseph, Ministry of Planning, St. Lucia, during the Eastern Caribbean regional workshop on data management .. Read More

Join us on October 13th for International Disaster Risk Reduction Day .. Read More

September 2011: In an event organized by the GFDRR, on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings , seven key global leaders , in an unprecedented move, committed to work together.. Read More

September 2011: Mr. Alan March, ADG, AusAID and current co-chair of the GFDRR Consultative Group, inaugurated a four day training and learning event in Australia .. Read More

GFDRR has committed USD 2 million in technical and financial resources to provide rapid response technical assistance in the Greater Horn of Africa.. Read More

The unprecedented drought in Somalia has affected 3.7 million people. GFDRR is supporting drought resilience in Somalia with a $5 million grant .. Read More

GFDRR has launched a global consultation process with a wide array of stakeholders, particularly CSOs and local community actors, to prepare its Civil Society Partnership Stragegy ... Read More

The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has confirmed its formal membership in the Consultative Group, the decision-making body of the GFDRR ... Read More

Hacking for the Greater Good: Over 1,500 technologists and development experts participants in 3rd Global Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) ... Read More

GFDRR signs MOU with Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) for Enhanced Support for Disaster Response and Risk Reduction... Read More

GFDRR funds two year program to strengthen the Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC) of the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD)... Read More

Upcoming Events

Caribbean Risk and Data Management Workshop

Thu, 2012-02-02 - Fri, 2012-02-03 , Trinidad & Tobago

Open Day Workshop - Managing Risk in Insecure Contexts: Pathways to Resilience and Peacebuilding

Tue, 2012-01-31 - Wed, 2012-02-22 Geneva Press Club , Geneva, Switzerland

Eastern Caribbean Climate Resilient Infrastructure Workshop

Thu, 2012-01-26 - Fri, 2012-01-27 , St. Vincent and the Grenadines