Online Workshop on Effective Public Governance and Finance for Disaster Risk Reduction, Local Resilience and Climate Action
Date & Time
17 - 19 June 2025
14:30-18:00 (Seoul Time), 07:30-11:00 (Geneva Time), 01:30-05:00 (New York Time)
About
An Online Workshop on Effective Public Governance and Finance for Disaster Risk Reduction, Local Resilience and Climate Action will be held on 17-19 June 2025. The workshop is organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and its project office - United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) CIFAL Jeju/Jeju International Training Center (JITC) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) and Global Education and Training Institute (GETI) and Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030), with support from the Incheon Metropolitan City and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) of the Republic of Korea.
The Workshop will introduce concepts and tools to help ensure effective governance, disaster-related data management, planning and finance mobilization for local-level disaster risk reduction (DRR), resilience and climate action. It will provide a comprehensive understanding of concepts, tools and approaches for risk understanding and loss and damage assessment, integrated planning, institutional strengthening across different levels of governance, as well as finance mechanisms to support disaster risk reduction and climate action, with particular focus on response to loss and damage.
This edition of the workshop will feature several innovative tools designed to support countries in strengthening climate and disaster risk governance. In particular, the workshop will explore practical tools for local climate resilience planning and gap assessment developed under the MCR2030 initiative.1 In addition, participants will pilot the draft Climate Readiness Assessment Tool developed by UN DESA, which is intended to help governments assess institutional gaps and identify capacity development needs related to climate resilience.
Key frameworks and tools related to disaster data collection and management will be presented, including the Disaster-Related Statistics Framework, the next generation Disaster Tracking System and the Data Ecosystem and Maturity Assessment Framework developed by UNDRR, UNDP, WMO and other partners. These instruments aim to support countries in monitoring hazardous events and disaggregated disaster losses and damages, thereby promoting evidence-based and risk-informed decision-making.
Finally, the training will introduce the latest developments and available instruments to support developing countries in responding to loss and damage in the context of climate change, including the Santiago network for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage and the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage.
Throughout the sessions, interactive quiz activities and examples of innovative solutions to build resilience across all levels of society will be provided to enhance learning outcomes and ensure a holistic understanding of comprehensive risk reduction and resilience efforts in support of sustainable development.
For PPTs and Video recordings, visit: https://unpog.org/page/sub3_1_view.asp?sn=753&page=1&search=&SearchString=&BoardID=0002
Registration
Interested participants are required to complete the registration form by 17 June 2025
Certification requirements
UN DESA/DPIDG/UNPOG, UNITAR CIFAL Jeju/JITC and UNDRR ONEA & GETI will issue a joint certificate of participation to participants upon successful completion and meeting the requirements* of the training.
*Requirements:
- Attend and actively participate in all three sessions.
- Submit the post-workshop knowledge assessments.
Host organizations
- UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) and Global Education and Training Institute (GETI)
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and its project office - United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG)
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) CIFAL Jeju/Jeju International Training Center (JITC)
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)