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UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai, Japan

The OECD event "Risk Governance and Resilient Cities" will examine how risk governance can better manage complex risks and how to improve the resilience of cities to these risks.

The Use of Social Media in Risk and Crisis Communication

Report highlighting the changing landscape of risk and crisis communications and how social media can be a beneficial tool for crisis managers. The report introduces 12 good practices in social media and crisis communication.

The Use of Social Media in Risk and Crisis Communication

Report highlighting the changing landscape of risk and crisis communications and how social media can be a beneficial tool for crisis managers. The report introduces 12 good practices in social media and crisis communication.

OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies

The OECD reviews risk management policies in countries as a part of its work on effective governance policies for risk management. The lessons-learned from these country experiences can be used to develop criteria for managing large-scale hazards and threats.

Global Risks 2015

The OECD’s work on resilience is featured prominently in the Global Risks 2015 report of the World Economic Forum.

Seine Basin, Île-de-France, 2014: Resilience to Major Floods

Joint Expert Meeting on Disaster Loss Data - OECD & EU

This meeting is part of the OECD High Level Risk Forum. It is organised with joint co-operation between the OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, the European Commission with its Joint Research Centre, as well as with the Platform for Climate Adaptation and Risk reduction (PLACARD).

Improving the Evidence Base on the Costs of Disasters

Workshop on Improving the Evidence Base on the Costs of Disasters

OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade (TF-CIT)

The OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade (TF-CIT) works with governments to better understand the full range of complex risks and threats posed to our global economies. The Task Force focuses on evidence-based research and advanced analytics to assist policy-makers map and understand the market vulnerabilities exploited and created by illicit trade.

High Level Risk Forum - Oslo Workshop, 2014

The workshop on “Learning from crises and fostering the continuous improvement of risk governance and management”, jointly organised with the governments of the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, was held in Oslo, Norway on 17-18 September 2014.