Regional Workshop for the Near East and North Africa (NENA) countries under the UN-Water Initiative on “Capacity Development to Support National Drought Management Policies” to be held in Cairo, Egypt, from 17th to 20th November 2014.
It has been estimated that droughts are the world’s costliest natural disasters and affect more people than any other form of natural disaster (Wilhite, 2000). Droughts are considered to be the most far-reaching of all natural disasters, causing short and long-term economic and ecological losses as well as significant secondary and tertiary impacts.
To reduce societal vulnerability to droughts, a paradigm shift of drought management approaches is required to overcome the prevailing structures of reactive, post-hazard management and move towards proactive, risk based approaches of disaster management. Risk based drought management is, however, multifaceted and requires the involvement of a variety of stakeholders, and, from a drought management policy perspective, capacities in diverse ministries and national institutions are needed.
Read more: http://www.ais.unwater.org/ais/course/view.php?id=37 .
