Meetings and conferences
Mombasa
Kenya
Disaster Risk Reduction Leadership Development Forum and Meeting of the EAC Disaster Risk Reduction Parliamentary Forum
Format
In person
Venue
Travellers Beach Hotel
Date
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The event aims to enhance DRR governance through the development of risk-sensitive policies, legal and legislative instruments among the EAC Partner States through increased awareness, strengthened capacity of legislators to influence disaster risk management policies and practices in the region.
The specific objectives include:
- To improve level of understanding of basic concepts and principles of DRR in general and the Sendai Framework in particular for the parliamentarians;
- Creating a platform for exchange and sharing of good DRR and climate change policies and practices across EAC Partner States; and
- Enhance awareness and understanding of the role of parliamentarians in the implementation of the Sendai Framework and in realizing risk-informed development.