The Directorate exists to develop a functional national disaster risk reduction system that minimizes community vulnerability to hazards and effectively manages the impact of disasters within the context of sustainable development for Namibia by…
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Displaying 1 - 15 of 48- The mission of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is to realize the potential of the agricultural, water and forestry sectors towards the promotion of an efficient and sustainable socio-economic development for a prosperous Namibia.
- NRSC’s largest core area in humanitarian aid is health and care. NRCS implements health programmes such as HIV and AIDS, water and sanitation, hygiene promotion and first aid, tuberculosis and malaria. Website: http://www.redcross.org.na/
- The NASA Disasters Program promotes the use of Earth observations to improve the prediction of, preparation for, response to, and recovery from natural and technological disasters. By sponsoring application science, the Program advances the…
- NASA Goddard Earth Sciences (GES) is one of twelve NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Data Centers that provide Earth science data, information, and services to research scientists, applications scientists, applications users, and students…
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created by the National Aeronautics and Space Act in 1958. NASA, as agency of the Unite States government, has “the mission to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific…
- The National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia (INAT) was established in 1898 under the dual supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. INAT’s work focuses on a wide range of topics,…
- The National Center for Estimation, Prevention and Reduction of Disaster Risk (CENEPRED) is a public executing agency that makes up the National Disaster Risk Management System (SINAGERD). SINAGERD, is responsible for coordinating, facilitating and…
- The National Commission of Aerospace Research and Development (CONIDA) is the body that governs the activities related to space research and development in Peru, as well as being the headquarters of the Space Agency of Peru. The National…
- In the 1980's, it was observed that the number of disasters and their impacts were increasing world - wide. This situation alarmed the United Nations Organisation, which held various conferences on the issue, leading to the U N Declaration GAD…
- NDRCC is the National Disaster Reduction Centre of China. NDRCC is an agency providing information and technological support, including a national disaster database which local civil affairs departments access to enter details about the disaster.…
- The National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Authority (NRDDMA) of Nepal was established through the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) of 2017 to coordinate and implement DRRM-related functions in the country. Its mandates…
- National Flood Services (NFS), a division of Affinity Insurance Services, Inc., is an administrator for insurance carriers participating in the National Flood Insurance Program. NFS currently administers and manages flood insurance policies on…
- National Geomatics Center of China (NGCC), also functioned as National Archives for Surveying and Mapping, is a government agency attached to National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation of China (NASG). NGCC fulfills the…
- The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is a division of the NOAA National Weather Service and it is also part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) located at Florida International University in Miami. The NHC mission is “to save…
