The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), Global Risk Forum Davos (GRF) and Munich Re Foundation (MRF) jointly invite individuals, teams or institutions from all different sectors, including governmental bodies for Risk Award up to €100,000 to increase people’s resilience to risks and disasters. Primary aim of the award is to increase people’s resilience to risks and disasters, especially in developing countries. The award may concentrate on population development, water as a resource, and other risk.
Topic: Disaster emergency – Resilience for the most vulnerable.
Ideas involving the people at risk, proposals combining bottom-up approaches with top-down frameworks and projects engaging multi-stakeholder partnerships (different sectors, different sizes, different organizational background, PPPs) are highly encouraged.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants can be individuals, teams or institutions from all different sectors, including governmental bodies.
- The proposed project should be between 6 months to 2 years.
- The proposal must address the topic: ‘Disaster Risk Reduction – People-centered, innovative and sustainable’.
- The proposed project must include an implementation part (action), a proposal solely based on research is not sufficient.
- The risks must be related to natural, climate change and/or environmental issues.
- Risks due to social turmoil, war, chemical disasters, and/or political crises will be funded.
- The RISK Award contribution must have a visible impact within the project.
- If the whole budget is bigger than the RISK Award it must be clearly visible for what purpose the RISK Award funding will be used.
For more information, please visit About Risk Awards.
UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Global Risk Forum Davos, y Munich Re Foundation tienen abierta la convocatoria para el premio Risk Award cuyo objetivo principal es financiar proyectos relacionados con la reducción del riesgo de desastres –con centro en las personas, innovador y sostenible. La fecha de cierre es el 1 de noviembre de 2014.
El apoyo comprende una asignación de 100,000 euros para proyectos operativos, en el campo de la reducción de riesgos y administración de desastres. Se espera que el proyecto sea desarrollado por un equipo de trabajo con habilidades complementarias.
Se invita a aplicar a institutos de investigación, ONG y organizaciones sin fines de lucro. La propuesta debe estar enmarcada en la temática: Reducción del riesgo de desastres –entro en las personas, innovador y sostenible; incluir una parte de implementación (acción); el riego debe estar relacionado a cuestiones naturales, de cambio climático, y/o cuestiones medioambientales. Se estiman las ideas que involucren a las personas en riesgo.
Para inscribirse, los participantes deben completar el formulario, y enviarlo a info@munichre-foundation.org.
Para mayor información, visitar www.risk-award.org
Fabiana Zonis 