Meetings and conferences
Tehran
Iran, Islamic Rep of
International Seminar on Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Format
In person
Venue
Persian Esteghlal International Hotel
Date
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Overall Objective
To build urban resilience and increase the efficiency of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and disaster management (DM) programmes in cities and urban areas in a changing climate by enhancing Red Cross Red Crescent institutional and operational capacities on urban DRR/DM.
Expected Outputs
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) “Position and Key Messages on urban DRR/DM”will be endorsed. These would be used for post 2015, as well for longer term advocacy and positioning at national, regional and local levels by NSs/IFRC.
- Red Cross Red Crescent (a) Programme Approach; (b) “Guidelines for Engagement, Planning and Programming in Urban DRR/DM” are discussed and endorsed.
- IFRC 50 Cities DRR Initiative endorsed and launched.
Key Themes
- Urban risks: Present situation and future prospects, where and how should we go? (Vision and approach)
- What is needed to make measurable progress in reducing urban risks and responding to urban disasters effectively? (Programming, methodologies and tools)
- How to reach more communities and vulnerable people in cities? (Scaling up, multistakeholder cooperation and capacity development)
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