Third national symposium on disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation

The Third National Symposium on ‘Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation’, organized by the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), Minister of Disaster Management and supported by UNDP, will take place on November 24 and 25, 2011 at the Galle Face Hotel. The Symposium will take place in form of discussion forums, in which participants will be able to actively participate in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation related topics of national importance.

• Panel discussions held on the first day will focus on entry points of Disaster Risk Reduction in development efforts, private sector involvement in Disaster Risk Reduction.

• On the second day, participants will have the opportunity to deliberate on the use of Disaster Risk Reduction tools to minimize the impact of disasters. The day will also feature a media consultative session on Climate Change Adaptation and the launching of the CCA web portal.