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Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives & Partnerships
To convene stakeholders at all levels around the implementation and monitoring of the Sendai Framework, UNDRR leads and engages in various stakeholder initiatives. UNDRR also contributes to Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives & Partnerships linked and engaged in the global risk and resilience discussion…
Partnerships & Stakeholders: Parliamentarians…
Private sectorThe private sector, which accounts for over 80% of investment in any given country, is well placed to foster risk-informed development by implementing more responsible and sustainable business conduct and promoting long-term preventive and resilience focused approaches to investment.
As specifically and uniquely highlighted in Sendai p…
The Government of Jamaica, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) - Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) are pleased to announce that the VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP21) will take place…
On 15 April, Member States gathered virtually to adopt the Outcome Document of the 2021 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Forum on Financing for Development. This year’s outcome document provides indispensable intergovernmental policy guidance to countries on financing for disaster risk reduction and risk-informed investing.
For the first time at t…
BISHKEK– On 29 and 30 April, experts from the Kyrgyz Republic stepped up action on disaster resilience through training on the “DesInventar-Sendai” – a disaster information management software. The workshop was organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), in collaboration with CIMA Research Foundation and the Asian Di…
ASHGABAT – On 22 April, the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), with the support of the European Union, convened key stakeholder organisations on disaster risk reduction (DRR). The participants met to establish a National Platform for DRR marking an important step forward in national coordin…
More than 300 people from Latin America and the Caribbean came together virtually to address the progress in disaster preparation in the region. The meeting took place within the framework of the workshop entitled “Enhanced Disaster preparedness for systemic risk in complex scenarios: challenges and opportunities”, between April 13th and 16th of 2021.…
The National UAE Private Sector Alliance for DRR (ARISE UAE) participated in the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2021 (AFSD-2021) in a special session for the private sector under the theme “Catalyzing Private Sector Engagement in the Decade of Action” on 30 March 2021.
The session explored a suite of powerful and practical examples within the…
Thursday, 6 May 2021
10:00-11:30
Platform: Zoom. Register here: https://undrr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E8W2N33cQ4iRcCQ8vmkLJg
Event is available in English.
The Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) initiative responds to the growing need to boost resilience at the local level. Crises such as COVID-19 and climate change remind us that manag…
HOST
Government of Indonesia
From Risk to Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development for All in a COVID-19 Transformed World
The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is the main global forum to assess and discuss progress on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The seventh session of the Global Platf…
Background:
The real estate sector is defined in broad terms as “land and anything permanently affixed to the land” and it is composed of various subsectors (residential, commercial, industrial, land, and special purpose). It is important to understand how real estate assets and their associated systems are exposed to hazards. The increasing number,…
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) was globally launched in October 2020 to strengthen support to cities on their journey to reduce risks and build resilience. It calls on cities to enhance knowledge on urban risk, strategically plan and take actions to address the underlying drivers of risk. Cities must take a holistic and systemic approa…
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Work Location: Niamey, Niger
Organizational Context
Created in December 1999, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is the designated focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of efforts to reduce disasters and to en…
UNDRR INFO, is the regional office for Europe's monthly newsletter covering activities in the field of DRR. This month's edition includes updates on: International Day for DRR, Local Level Resilient Workshop, 2020 Forum of Mayors, an update on data disaggregation and reporting in Central Asia, and more.