GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

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GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

• GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
  SYSTEMS
• UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE

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GADR IS A GLOBAL RESOURCE FOR PUTTING A FACE
ON HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE WAR AGAINST
IGNORANCE, APATHY, NARROW MINDNESS, AND UNWISE
DECISIONS THAT ARE MAKING THE WORLDS
COMMUNITIES VULNERABLE TO NATURAL AND
TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS
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WE CAN WIN THE WAR BY

• PUTTING A
• FACE
• ON
• HIGHER EDUCATION
• IN
• EACH OF THE SEVEN GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF THE WORLD
  

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F A C E IS THE KEY WORD

• FACE FACTS!
• FACE THE NEED FOR A GLOBAL ALLINACE!

• FACE CHANGE
• FACE THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT/COST OF EDUCATION

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FACT A GLOBAL ALLIANCE IS NEEDED TO OVERCOME
THE OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITY
RISK
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INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
(ISDR)
LEADER- SHIP
RESOURCE
MISSION
STRATEGIC PLAN
PARTNER- SHIP
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GOAL ALIGN GLOBAL RESOURCES FOR PROMOTING
VULNERABILITY REDUCTION THROUGH KNOWLEDGE
DISSEMINATION
GLOBAL ALLIANCES
REGIONAL ALLIANCES
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
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A Global Resource For the Benefit of all People
Worldwide
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
INTEGTRATE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE INTO
BLUEPRINTS FOR CHANGE
COMPLEMENTARY INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITIES FOR
VULNERABILITY REDUCTON
COORDINATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WITH
POLICYMAKING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATIVE INTRA- AND
INTER-REGIONAL PROJECTS
BUILD SCIENTIFIC AND POLITICAL CAPACITY FOR
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS
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GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
INTERRELATED BLUEPRINTS FOR CHANGE An
Infrastructure For Delivering Knowledge and
Information to the User
THE KNOWLEDGE BASE
CAPACITY BUILDING
CONTINUING EDUCATION
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INTER-REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IN THE KNOWLEDGE
DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE
EUROPE
FOR REDUCING VULNERABILITY -
MEDITERRANEAN
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
THE GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION NETWORK
ASIA
AUSTRALIA PACIFIC ISLANDS
SOUTH AMERICA CARIBBEAN
NORTH AMERICA
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GLOBAL BLUEPRINTS -
Perspectives On Science, Policy, And Change
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Walter Hayswalter_hays_at_msn.com703 255-2458