IS-318: Mitigation Planning for Local and Tribal Communities Course Date 10/31/2013* *This course has been reviewed for doctrine related changes and therefore is dated October 31‚ 2013. We recommend that you review the contents of the course and look over the updated materials. If you have already passed the exam for this course‚ you are not required to complete the exam again in order to be current in your training by FEMA EMI records. If you choose to retake the exam‚ your completion certificate
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History In 1972‚ the local government system in Sierra Leone was abolished by the then Executive by a “Presidential declaration” which was achievable as there was no codified law or any constitutional provision to protect local government from such powerful actions by the Executive. This abolition effectively meant that Management Committees appointed by the President between 2002 and 2004 replaced local authorities. Binneh –Kamara in 2013 argues that the “Local Government act of 2004 was enacted
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the resilience of local communities to disasters including climate change impacts; (b) Adhere to and adopt the universal norms‚ principles‚ and standards of humanitarian assistance and the global effort on risk reduction as concrete expression of the country’s commitment to overcome human sufferings due to recurring disasters; (c) Incorporate internationally accepted principles of disaster risk management in the creation and implementation of national‚ regional and local sustainable development
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The value of Strategy to Local Authorities in Kenya Central and provincial governments have progressively realized that effective service delivery to the community is best delegated to local government. This decentralization trend has obliged local governments to enhance their professionalism and performance. Yet‚ in many developing countries‚ the weakness of local governments is a key challenge in managing development processes. Many local government authorities in Kenya now go beyond one year
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The article “Is Local: Global as Feminine: Masculine? Rethinking the Gender of Globalization” by Carla Freeman discusses the issue of gender categories of local and global and the author argues that we should not limit our perception of globalization as exclusively masculine. At the beginning the author outlines that the globalization theory was traditionally defined as "masculine" making it clear that the author did not define it as “masculine” by themselves. The author says that the "global processes
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price range. Foreign and local brands are occupying the local market competitively. Customers’ preferences for both brands differ in some ways and one of it is the brand personality. Aaker‚ 1996 mentions that customers’ preferences are subject to the emphasis of brand personality. For example‚ consumers are much more exposed to international brands as these products are intensely advertised globally to make them more recognizable worldwide (Hsieh‚ 2004). As compared to local labels; which only limited
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Summary of “On Buying Local” by Katherine Spriggs Having the luxury of eating any fruit or vegetable at any time is amazing but it can come at a cost to our bodies and our environment. Buying local is a way we can counteract this because local farms are more sustainable and overall better for the environment. The United States play a huge part in global warming. But this is an international problem and many companies are putting billions of pounds of pesticides and chemicals into our water‚ air
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LITHUANIAN LOCAL BASKETBALL REQUIRES CHANGES Most Lithuanian people like basketball and even call this game their second religion. One group likes to play it‚ while other enjoys watching this entertaining game. It could seem strange‚ but nowadays it is very difficult to see interesting game between Lithuanian teams as there are two strong teams and lots of weaker‚ which can compete between each other‚ but not with those two teams. For most basketball fans it looks normal‚ but there are people
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Involving local residents is a feature of the New Deal for Communities approach. Discuss the advantages and the challenges of involving local people in the running of community health projects. Under the New Deal for Communities initiative Thornhill plus you secured funding for renewal of the Thornhill area. The aims are to reduce social exclusion and improve people’s quality of life. I will discuss some of the advantages and challenges of involving local people in the running of community health
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volunteering nationally doesn’t have some of the personal and emotional effects on people like local volunteering does. When people volunteer in a local community to help the environment‚ it impacts people in the area emotionally because of how close to home it is. Volunteering locally is “eye-opening to realize that doing even small things can have a big impact on others” (Bigfuture.org). When you volunteer for your local community to help the environment‚ remember that its quality‚ not quantity. Environmental
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