The National Institute of Disaster Management, India, recently signed an MoU with ISET-International and the Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group to collaborate on disaster management. This unique partnership strives towards achieving progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Paris Agreement within India. Our collaboration will involve multiple-sector, multiple-scale and multi-hazard research. In addition, we will contribute in the form of capacity building and policy inputs. In the past these three organizations have worked together to create some informative products on the theme of Disaster Risk Reduction in various parts of India:
On August 31, 2018, a UCR-CoP event was organized in Hanoi, with the participation of about 30 participants from UDA, Can Tho CRO, 100RC, GIZ, SECO, ISET, and other CoP members. The workshop focused on the topic of integrating resilience thinking into urban development, specifically aiming to share and discuss the challenges in applying resilience thinking in urban development in general, and through the specific experiences and lessons related to green infrastructure development in Can Tho City under the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) program. It was also an opportunity for members to share and discuss the experience and results of their resilience projects, as well as their upcoming plans. O
