Regional conference on capacity development for integrating disaster risk reduction in urban settings in Africa
In order to make Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation an integral part of sustainable urban development, it is widely stated that capacity development is needed on all levels and for different sectors. Therefore the conference seeks to bring together policy makers, practitioners, and researchers working in different fields (urban planning, risk reduction, emergency management, humanitarian aid, etc.) and in different international and national organisations, governments, NGOs, academic institutions, etc. so that they can share their views, capacity development opportunities that they provide, experiences and needs related to capacity development for urban DRR and CCA with each other.
The main objective of the Africa regional conference on urban Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is to develop a shared vision on
- how DRR and CCA could be and is already being integrated into urban planning in African cities – and vice versa,
- how urban planning could contribute (more) to DRR and CCA.