Principles for resilient infrastructure

The draft Summary of the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure has been prepared for the Global Consultation on the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure being held on 28 & 29 March 2022. The purpose of the Global Consultation is to obtain feedback and input from member states and relevant stakeholders on the draft Principles for Resilient Infrastructure. The Global Consultation is an important process for finalising the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure.  

The draft Summary of the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure describes a set of principles, key actions, and guidelines to create national scale net resilience gain and improve the continuity of critical services such as energy, transport, water, wastewater, waste, and digital communications, which enable health, education, etc. to function effectively.

UNDRR is developing the ‘Principles for Resilient Infrastructure’ to support implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals. These global principles aim to raise awareness and set an understanding of what “resilient infrastructure” constitutes; form the basis for planning and implementation of infrastructure projects that take resilience as a core value; communicate the desired outcomes of national infrastructure systems to establish resilience of critical services; and assist the public and private sectors in making risk-informed policy and investment decisions.

The draft Summary of the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure is available for download in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian. Please select the language in the download box.