2. INCREASING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE WALTER HAYS GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

3. OPPORTUNITY: 2005-2014 Building a Global Culture of Community Disaster Resilience for the Greater Good in Global Perspective

4. GOAL: COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO DISASTERS FLOODS SEVERE WIND STORMS EARTHQUAKES DROUGHTS LANDSLIDES WILDFIRES VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS TSUNAMIS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE TERRORISM INCREASED TECHNICAL AND POLITICL CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY TO COPE INCREASED OWNERSHIP AND USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE REDUCED COMMUNITY VULNERABILITIES

5. DECADE ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2005-2014) DECADE ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2005-2014) THE KNOWLEDGE BASE Alternative Practices Increased Knowledge, and Understanding Hazard Characterization Vulnerability Classifications Event-Action Capability Collect, Store and Process Data Interface with Other Information Sources Cause & Effect Relationships CAPACITY BUILDING Transfer Ownership of Technology Public/Private Sector Partnership Assisting the Community CEO Public Awareness Warning Systems CONTINUING EDUCATION Up Close and Personal and Distance Learning Update Knowledge Bases After Each Disaster Disaster Scenarios Public/Private Sector Cooperation Toolboxes for Disaster Reduction BLUEPRINTS ON EDUCATION: An Infrastructure For Increasing Professional Capacity in Communities BLUEPRINTS ON EDUCATION: An Infrastructure For Increasing Professional Capacity in Communities

6. ROAD MAP FOR THE DECADE ON EDUCATION (2005-2014) Don’t throw away tomorrow by forgetting the past.

8. AN AGENDA FOR HIGHER EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS (2005-2014) EXPAND RESOURCES IMPROVE DELIVERY MECHANISMS IDENTIFY TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY CREATE TURNING POINTS OF CHANGE MAINTAIN ONGOING DIALOGUE ON THE CHALLENGES INCREASING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

9. TURNING POINTS FOR CHANGE EDUCATION: PENETRATE SOCIETY IGNORANCE: TOWARD ENLIGHTENMENT APATHY: TOWARD EMPOWERMENT BOUNDARIES: TOWARD SEAMLESS ENABLEMENT: Toward POLITICAL WILL INCREASING COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE

10. The Challenge for Educators Creating “Books of Knowledge” (Blueprints on Education) for Sustainable Development in over 1 Million Communities by end of 2014.

11. BOOK OF BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE - Perspectives KNOWLEDGE - Perspectives On Science, Policy, On Science, Policy, And Change And Change

12. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION EDUCATION INFORMATION & PUBLIC AWARENESS INCREASED KNOWLEDGE BASE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL FORUMS BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR INCREASING PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY

13. REGIONAL ALLIANCES FOR KNOWLEDGE DELIVERY EUROPE MEDITERRANEAN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA & PACIFIC ISLANDS SOUTH AMERICA & CARIBBEAN REGIONAL KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION NETWORKS FOR COMMUNITY DISASTER RESILIENCE - NORTH AMERICA