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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Live Webinar on “How to Raise Funds from the European Commission” Date: Thursday, August 13, 2015
Monday, July 20, 2015
FEMA PUBLISHES JOB AID ON THE USE OF CONTRACT SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE GRANT APPLICATIONS
FEMA announces the release of a job aid on the use of contract support for the development of Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant applications.
This document presents eight common HMA application development scenarios and provides guidelines to address procurement issues related to non-federal use of contracted support for the development HMA applications elements.
The job aid was developed to ensure compliance with procurement regulations found in the “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards” (2 C.F.R. Part 200).
These guidelines apply to all Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) award made on or after December 26, 2015, and all Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) awards granted under a major disaster declarations issued on or after December 26, 2014.Job aid is available in the FEMA library at: https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/102051
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Resiliency Building. Preparedness, Response, Recovery, Revitalization. Sierra Leone. Ebola Crisis
FYI…
Resiliency building within the emergency
management arena requires the involvement of all stakeholders: pubic officials and agencies, nonprofit, faith-based,
all private sector members, entrepreneurs are involved in rebuilding and
revitalization efforts of any community from the U.S., Europe, and other
communities throughout the world.
Within your community what
activities do corporations play in community engagement normal, and during
disasters?
Continued relationship building does not end
during a crisis, but increases the relationship of those affected during, and after the crisis.
The Social Progress Index (SPI), http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi
suffices as a functional measurement tool for social progress that could be
utilized by all stakeholders for review and discussion on community resiliency building.
We at BEMA will be focusing in on those private
sector contributions before, during, and after the Ebola crisis for the
revitalization of those nations affected.
International
Stakeholder (Category: Mining. Diamond Industry)
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African Continent. Seawater Greenhouse Project.
FYI....
Potential use for all coastline nations on the continent.
Potential use for all coastline nations on the continent.
Seawater greenhouses to bring life to the desert
- Date:
- July 14, 2015
- Source:
- Aston University
- Summary:
- Greenhouses that will use seawater to grow crops in one of the hottest and driest places on earth will be designed by researchers at Aston University working with industry partners as part of an international project.
- The installations are to be erected in specially selected sites across the Horn of Africa, a region where temperatures regularly breach 40°C, water is scarce and food insecurity is very high. Due to the climate, conventional agriculture has been severely marginalised and the situation is worsening.
- The project aims to overcome the region's inhospitable conditions to help farmers drastically increase their crop yields, providing them with a consistent, sustainable income. Currently in Somalia, only 1.5% of the country's land is cultivated and average annual crop yields per hectare are just 0.5 tons -- compared to 700 tons per hectare in commercial greenhouses.
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- ..................................Once installed, the innovative greenhouses will pump seawater from the sea using solar energy and convert it into freshwater for irrigation via the desalination process.
Saturday, July 18, 2015
FREE..... July 20, 2015 Pandemic and Ebola Safety for Ancillary Volunteers and Workers Online Course
This training was developed with our partners Rutgers University and The National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.
The course consists of the follow topics:
• About Pandemics
• Ebola Checklist for Preparedness
• Ancillary Support Roles in Response to Ebola
• Safety and Precautionary Measures
• Use of Personal Protective Gear
• What to if….
This is a four hour training with three breaks
Details at: http:// worldcarescenter.wiziq.com/ online-class/ 2944681-pandemic-and-ebola- safety-for-ancillary-volun teers-and-workers
The course consists of the follow topics:
• About Pandemics
• Ebola Checklist for Preparedness
• Ancillary Support Roles in Response to Ebola
• Safety and Precautionary Measures
• Use of Personal Protective Gear
• What to if….
This is a four hour training with three breaks
Details at: http://
FREE Webinar Series.. Public Health Accreditation Process
Are you interested in learning all about Public Health Accreditation?
The National Partnership for Action, the National Indian Health Board and Association of State and Territorial Health Officials are co-hosting a two-part webinar series on Public Health Accreditation.
Primary Audience:
Tribal Public Health Departments (all Public Health stakeholders welcome)
Webinar Series Learning Objectives
Participants will learn about:
- The basics
of the public health accreditation process - Accreditation Primer
Webinar
- The
prerequisites and domains of public health accreditation - Accreditation
Immersion Webinar
- Challenges
that tribes experience with public health accreditation - Accreditation
Immersion Webinar
Webinar #1: Accreditation
Primer: The What, Who, When, How of Public Health
Accreditation
TIME: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time SPEAKERS: Robin Wilcox, M.P.A., Chief Program Officer, Public Health Accreditation Board Robert Foley, M.Ed., Deputy Director of Public Health Programs and Policy and Temporary Acting Department Director, National Indian Health Board Lorrie Shepard, R.N., Community Outreach Director, Forest County Potawatomi Community
Register here: Accreditation
Primer
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Webinar #2: Accreditation
Immersion: Understanding the Nuts & Bolts of Public Health Accreditation
Standards & Measures
TIME: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time SPEAKERS: Robin Wilcox, M.P.A., Chief Program Officer, Public Health Accreditation Board Robert Foley, M.Ed., Deputy Director of Public Health Programs and Policy and Temporary Acting Department Director, National Indian Health Board Cathy Abramson, Tribal Council Member, Sault Ste. Marie, Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Register here: Accreditation Immersion
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Situation Awareness. EU Sub-Saharan Africa Funding. Resiliency Building
Situation Awareness list.
1.
MAJOR EU BOOST FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA
14
July 2015, ADDIS ABABA – Details of an €80
million package of support from the European Union to disaster risk management
across sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years, were unveiled today at the
Financing for Development Conference.
Margareta Wahlström, the head of the UN Office
for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), said: “This is a strategic long-term
investment in building resilience in Africa. It will help to reduce mortality
and economic losses by improving preparedness, early warning systems and
putting in place systems for understanding how disaster losses are generated in
order to avoid them in the future.”
Roberto
Ridolfi, Director for Sustainable Growth and Development in Europeaid, said:
"Resilience has many facets. Natural and climate related hazards dominate
the disaster profile of Sub Saharan African. A holistic approach to building
disaster resilience and to secure development gains in Africa, based on
accurate risk information and improved decision support systems, is therefore
necessary – and with this programme we will make an important contribution to
achieve this goal."
The
programme “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan
African Regions, Countries and Communities”, an initiative of the African,
Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, will be financed by the European Union
within the frame of the 10th European Development Fund...........
2.
Africa disaster reduction fund is major new step
ADDIS
ABABA, 14 July 2015 –
An €80-million package of funds from the European Union to support disaster
risk management across Sub-Saharan Africa was unveiled today at the 3rd
International Conference on Financing for Development, winning praise for its
potential impact...
Read
more at: http://www.unisdr.org/archive/45134