Signing FTA could be a good opportunity for us to increase exports. But does this mean everything's good about FTA?

Take a look at the analysis of China-Korea FTA and see if any of those challenges could be applied to us!

What is a good way to embed an interactive Map on a social collaboration platform like Collaboration for Development?

Introduction to Disaster Risk Management | e-Institute

This course is the introductory course of the World Bank Institute’s e-learning program on disaster risk management (DRM). The objective of this course is to familiarize development practitioners with contemporary concepts and practices in disaster management and contribute to a paradigm shift from reactive to proactive approaches in this cross-cutting field of development. It also aims to establish a common language and understanding among development practitioners in order to improve collaboration among various disciplines and integrate risk reduction considerations in development plans and decisions.

The course addresses basic questions such as: What are considered natural disasters? Where do they strike the most and how? What are the components of comprehensive DRM? It also reviews the institutional arrangements and financing mechanisms of disaster management systems, and identifies the role of national and local actors in processes related to risk assessment, mitigation and financing. This course targets general development practitioners in order to raise their awareness and sensitivity in preventing natural disasters. The built-in learning tools provide an opportunity for participants to monitor their learning progress.

The course will cover the following topics:

• Module 1: Introduction to DRM: Basic Concepts, Players and Terminology
• Module 2: Prevention, Relief and Reconstruction: From Vulnerability and Risk Assessment to Damage and Reconstruction Needs Assessment
• Module 3: Introduction to Safer Cities, Community-Based DRM and Best Available Tools to Enhance Resilience

Target Audience:

City officials and others interested in Disaster Risk Management

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We would like your feedback on the new look for the Caribbean OpenDRI Community.  Do you like it?  What would you add or change?  Is there anything we can do to make the platform more user-friendly? 

We welcome all comments and will discuss them with our Community Managers.

Women and men who are more engage in farming activities

Following the webiar on March 26th, please post your questions and thoughts on the role of data in disaster assessment and recovery.

Here's a link of 4 hours of presentations, including one from Mike Fedak on coding needed for Dominode, Dominica's GeoNode.

GeoNode Summit - YouTube

"here were really good presentations from WFP, Department of State, Mapstory,

GFDRR and The World Bank, NOAA and ROGUE. You can watch the video here (it is 4

hours long but we can create links later for specific parts): GeoNode Summit - YouTube

If you'd like any presentations separately cut to share with colleagues, please comment.

GeoNode Summit took place January 14-17, 2014 in Washington DC.

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Brad

The 2014 GeoNode Roadmap Summit is currently in session so, now is a great time to voice any ideas or suggestions that we have for GeoNode 2.0.  Any comments or suggestions that we have can be sent to the GeoNode developers for consideration.  Any thoughts?

For more info on the GeoNode Summit, click here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tvYxHd5N9cil8HI1ub2T_qPThwXh25RSmfq1igxsKFE/edit