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Conference Invitation by UN-SPIDER (March 12 – 14)
02.02.2024
The UN-SPIDER programme of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs will be organizing the "UN-SPIDER Bonn International Conference Space-based Solutions for Disaster Management: Early Warnings for All”. This conference will be held within the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany, from 12 to 14 March of this new year.
Information on the conference and the link to the registration is available in the UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal at https://www.un-spider.org/news-and-events/news/registration-now-open-un-spider-bonn-international-conference-2024. There is no fee to participate in the conference, but registration is required.
Save the Date: Brainstorming DHL Go Help goes Europe
23.01.2024
The Bonn Network and their partner the DHL Group´s disaster management program
GoHelp, invite you to a joint Brainstorming Session on the planned extension of efforts of DHL GoHelp to Europe. GoHelp as one of the DHL Group's social impact programs seeks collaboration with the Bonn Network in recognition of the vast expertise the network's partners have to offer.
When? 27th February 2023, 15:30 - 17:00h
Where? Sitzungssaal DKKV, Kaiser-Friedrich Str. 13, Bonn
During the Brainstorming Session there will be a brief input by Mayyada Ansari (Global Head GoHelp) on DHL GoHelp and the plans for expansion to Europe. Then, together with the present expert participants there will be a discussion on the specific needs that GoHelp could address within Europe.
If you are interested in joining the brainstorming session, please send us a short message. Feel free to forward this invitation to interested colleagues within your organisation. We look forward to seeing you in February!
December Newsletter
22.12.2023
The December issue of our Newsletter is online. In this issue, you can expect input from the following partner institutions:
Peter Billing, formerly with the European Commission in Brussels for various tasks related to disaster management, presents the novel EU-funded EUMA project (EUMA - Creating a European Higher Education Network for a Master's Programme in Disaster Risk Management).
Mayyada Ansari is the network's new contact person for DHL and introduces herself and her work as Global Head of DHL GoHelp.
In October, the latest Interconnected Disaster Risks report by UNU-EHS was published and we got to interview Caitlyn Eberle, one of the lead authors.
Likewise, our newsletter informs you about new publications, call for papers, and upcoming events.
Inviation to our LunchTalk
27.11.2023
We would like to invite you to the LunchTalk "Introduction of GeoRGA.app for the Coordination of Spontaneous Helpers"
Tue. 05. December 2023, 12:00 to 13:00
In the event of a disaster, many people want to provide spontaneous support. Coordinating the helpers is a major challenge.
Confronted with this problem, the software developers Sarah Stoffels, Thomas Mielke and Alexander Blum have developed an application and platform that can support the coordinated integration of spontaneous helpers. In the talk, a brief presentation of the areas of application and possible functions of the open source-based software will be given.
Depending on the present participants, the talk will be held in either English or German.
Register
here for the LunchTalk:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrduyvqD4rH9CtOQng1uUTrTDETtHlKuY-
Delegation Visit GIZ Thailand
16.11.2023
Today, the Bonn Network and some of its partners were able to present the perks of an interconnected network of diverse agents driven by the common goal of advancing DRR and
civil protection. There was an interesting exchange with a delegation of 35 individuals from Thailand, mainly involved with government agencies. The meeting was organized by GiZ Thailand and took place in the old city hall.
Many thanks to our partners at the city of Bonn for reaching out and inviting the network along to showcase Bonn as a Resilience Hub. Many thanks also to the partners of Bonn Fire Department and DHL GoHelp for their interesting presentations.
Event Series "Klimakrise Trifft Bevölkerungsschutz"
19.10.2023 - 08.02.2024
A cooperative series of events is currently being held by the Department of Civil Protection, Disaster Relief and Property Security (BuK) at the University of Wuppertal and the German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction (DKKV). With the support of the City of Bonn and the Bonn Network, various speakers will accompany the events with their expertise on individual topics.
The event will take place alternately in Wuppertal and Bonn every two weeks and will also be offered in hybrid via Zoom.
The events will take place from 18:00 to 20:00.
More information and the possibility to register can be found here.
UN Day Survey on Risk Communication
21.10.2023
This Saturday the Bonn Network launched its survey on Risk Communication. With the help of students of the Master's program 'Geography of Environmental Risk and Human Security', of
United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), and
The University of Bonn, we interviewed more than a hundred people during
UN Day in Bonn.
The survey was devised within the working group Risk Communication with the help of our partners at
German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV),
Bundesstadt Bonn and
Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (BBK), and aims to assess the status quo of risk communication in Bonn and desirable methods for communicating risk in the future. The survey is part of Bonn's efforts as a
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Resilience Hub within the
MCR2030 initiative.
Regulars Table of the Network
04.09.2023
Last Thursday the Network met for some informal exchange at our regular Stammtisch. Next chance to join in for our partners is on the 26th of October. Feel free to leave us a message for further details!
2. Workshop "Risk Communication"
04.08.2023
The working group “Risk Communication” of the Bonn Network International Civil Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction met yesterday, 03 August, for the 2nd workshop on the topic of the same name. Melissa Schönholz and Durga Mohanakrishnan first gave an introduction to the topic and presented, among other things, methods, approaches and tools of risk communication.
This was followed by discussions in two groups. Group 1 looked at best and worst practices in risk communication, collected and evaluated examples, identified challenges and looked at the relevance of neighbourhood community for effective risk communication. Group 2 dealt with municipal risk communication and considered what concrete measures would be possible in Bonn, also under the aspect of the “Resilience Hub” status of the city of Bonn in the Making Cities Resilient network of the United Nations.
Newsletter #10
30.06.2023
In this issue, you can expect input from the following partner institutions:
The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) reports on the successful BBK conference "Research for Civil Protection" aand on the cloverleaf mechanism and the related patient transfer from Ukraine.
The German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV) summarizes the events of the first DKKV workshop on the development of the new warning system of the German Weather Service.
The City of Bonn announces Bonn's participation in the UNDRR Making Cities Resilient Partnership and the central role that networks like ours play in this process.
The Bonn Fire Department publishes a field report on a successful European forest fire exercise in Portugal.
You can find the Newsletter here.
Regulars' Table
29.06.2023
Last Thursday, the regulars' table of the Bonn Network for DRR took place. People with different backgrounds met in a relaxed atmosphere and exchanged information about upcoming tasks in the network and more.
Next Regulars' Table: August 31
Delegation visit from the Western Balkans
27.04.2023
On Wednesday 26 April, the Bonn Network and the DKKV welcomed the ADAPT delegation from the Western Balkans to the Old Town Hall of the City of Bonn. The members stayed in Bonn for a week as part of a study tour organised by the project ADAPT: Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Societies in the Western Balkans. The trip focused on the capacity building and training components.
A full report of the meeting can be found here.
Bonn Network has published guest articles in Bonn International News
31.03.2023
Wars and earthquakes are an essential threat to vital infrastructure, as recently shown by the severe earthquake in the Turkish-Syrian border region and the ongoing war in Ukraine. In this article, three partner organizations of the network describe how they are supporting these regions in various ways.
To read the full article, please click
here.
Newsletter #9: Practicing the emergency
28.03.2023
Exercises are an essential part of civil protection and serve to prepare for potential events. How can these exercises be planned and conducted to ensure a realistic simulation of an emergency? How can they contribute to improve the operational capability of the actors involved to respond to changing risk scenarios?
In this newsletter, different projects on civil protection exercises, their evaluation and international application are presented by partners of the network. Furthermore, we inform you about interesting events and new publications.
The newsletter is available here.
IPCC Synthesis Report on the Sixth Assessment Report published
21.03.2023
Yesterday, the Synthesis Report (SYR) on the Sixth Assessment Report was released by the IPCC at a hybrid press conference. You can read the summary and main messages of the report for policy-making (SPM) here. The main messages cover the following areas:
- Current status and developments
- Future climate change, future risks, and long-term measures to manage it.
- Measures in the near future.
The network introduces itself ...
Video of the series of events of the Bonn Network IntKatS Source: University of Bonn / uni-bonn.tv 2018
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