Early Warning System Young Professionals Network: Who are we?
Connecting Young Professionals Across Disciplines Working on Early Warning Systems Supported and hosted by the Water Youth Network and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) thematic group, the Early Warning Systems (EWS) Young Professionals Network is envisioned as a collaborative space for early-career policy-makers, practitioners and researchers from multiple disciplines and diverse geographical regions, working at local, […]
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Appointment of two focal points – strengthening partnership between Water Youth Network, World Meteorological Organisation and Global Water Partnership
The Water Youth Network, Disaster Risk Reduction team are excited to announce the appointment of two WYN focal point volunteers to facilitate more cooperation on integrated flood management and early warning systems under the auspices of the Associated Programme on Flood Management – a joint programme under the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the Global […]
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Youth Forum on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure | October 2019
Naditha Imbulana looks back at the Dhaka Water Knowledge Days (DWKD), a first for Bangladesh and writes about the successful event instrumental in sharing knowledge and building relationships between public, private, educational and research institutions towards implementation of Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP 2100). The Youth Forum on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (YFDRI) was held during […]
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WYN Equipo De Reducción De Riesgos: Curso-Taller AmeriGEO, “De Modelos de Desastre e Información Global a Decisiones Locales”
WYN Equipo De Reducción De Riesgos: Curso-Taller AmeriGEO, “De Modelos de Desastre e Información Global a Decisiones Locales” By: Miguel Ángel Trejo (m.trejo@wateryouthnetwork.org), Nhlice Esquivel (n.esquivel@wateryouthnetwork.org), Edin Jhony Dávila (e.davila@wateryouthnetwork.org), Eduardo Hernández Samaniego (e.hernandez@wateryouthnetwork.org) and Cristian Camilo Fernández (c.fernandez@wateryouthnetwork.org) Necesidades y motivaciones: A través de las reflexiones generadas en jornadas de trabajo en México (evento […]
Read MoreWYN Disaster Risk Reduction team AmeriGEO workshop on “Disaster Models and Global Information Applied to Local Contexts For Decision Making”
WYN Disaster Risk Reduction AmeriGEO workshop on “Disaster Models and Global Information Applied to Local Contexts For Decision Making” Representatives of the Water Youth Network Disaster Risk Reduction team reflect on youth engagement in disaster risk management strategy at the three-day workshop organised at AmeriGEO Week, Lima, Peru, in August 2019. By: Miguel Ángel Trejo […]
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Hack the Risk! Smart Solutions on Water Issues and Floods
Hack the Risk! Smart Solutions on Water Issues and Floods Water Youth Network representatives explore innovative solutions to Disaster Risk Reduction and the creative input of youth in risk management at the Hack the Risk! hackathon held in Colombia from 5-7 April, 2019. By: Camilo Fernandez (c.fernandez@wateryouthnetwork.org), Nhilce Esquivel (n.esquivel@wateryouthnetwork.org) & Miguel Trejo (m.trejo@wateryouthnetwork.org) It […]
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The 2nd Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference (MHEWC-II) & GPDRR 2019 : The participation of two young professionals from West Africa (13-17 May, 2019 Geneva, Switzerland)
By: Rollis Jiofack (r.jiofack@wateryouthnetwork.org) In May 2019, the city of Geneva in Switzerland hosted two major events in the context of disaster risk reduction. On the one hand, the 2nd Multi-hazard Early Warning Conference (MHEWC-II), which took place from May 13 to 14, at WMO headquarters and the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR […]
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Early Warning System Young Professionals Network at the 2nd Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference (MHEWC-II): 13th-14th May, 2019 Geneva, Switzerland
Members of the Early Warning System Young Professional Network recap their involvement and experiences from MHEWC-II By: Adele Young (a.young@wateryouthnetwork.org) and Erika Roxana Meléndez Landaverde (e.melendez@wateryouthnetwork.org) The MHEWC Event Early warning systems have been at the forefront of helping countries and communities to prepare for and respond to all types of disasters. The second […]
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Applications open for UR Balkans side event:
Disaster Resilient Balkans: empowering young professionals APPLY NOW TO JOIN! APPLICATIONS ONLY OPEN TO PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED FOR UR-BALKANS AS REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED This side-event aims to bring together a community of young professionals, researchers and students (under 35) working on disaster risk management (DRM) from all parts of the Balkans, give […]
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Training Workshop on Hydro-climatic Project Writing and Financing in Cameroon
By: Lako Stephane (Member of WYN’s DRR Team) Following the first workshop on hydroclimatic risks concepts and regulation at national and international levels in November 2017 (see blog post here), a second workshop on hydroclimatic project writing and financing was organised from May 30th to June 1st 2018 at Global Water Partnership Central Africa […]
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