Regional Consultative Workshop on ‘Strengthening Capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction’

UNESCO New Delhi Observes the International Day for Disaster Reduction 2016

Theme: Live To Tell: Raising Awareness, Reducing Mortality

The International Day for Disaster Reduction is organized on 13 October, every year to celebrate how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risks that they face. The observance of the day started in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. Held

UNESCO New Delhi marks the DAY in tune with the new "Sendai Seven" campaign by UNISDR, centered on the seven targets of the Sendai Framework, the first of which is reducing disaster mortality. The campaign seeks to create a wave of awareness about actions taken to reduce mortality around the world. The Sendai Seven Campaign is an opportunity for all, including governments, local governments, community groups, civil society organizations, the private sector, international organizations and the UN family, to promote best practices at the international, regional and national level across all sectors, to reduce disaster risk and disaster losses.

In continuation of the events UNESCIO New Delhi is organizing a Regional Consultative Workshop on ‘Strengthening Capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction’ in collaboration with UNESCO Kathmandu, and AMARC Asia-Pacific (the regional chapter of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters) on 19-21 October 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal as a major event to mark the ‘International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction’.

The objective of the workshop is to strengthen the capacity of a range of stakeholders – including policymakers, professionals from the field of disaster management, and development and media practitioners - for disaster risk reduction in South Asia. This will be done by bringing together government officials, subject matter experts, and media stakeholders from the region and providing a platform to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, experiences and good practices with a focus on urban risk management and disaster risk reduction. (Concept note and tentative programme).