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Global platform for disaster risk reduction 2011: Third session

Organizer(s) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP), which takes place every two years, is the global forum for accelerating world-wide momentum on disaster risk reduction. As the primary gathering for the world’s disaster risk community, it brings together Governments, UN, international regional organizations and institutions, NGOs, scientific/academic institutions and the private sector.

The benchmarks set out in the Chair's Summary of the second session of the Global Platform-2009 will serve as basis for the agenda of the 2011 session.

Outcomes
Based on lessons emerging from the Mid-Term Review of the HFA, GP-2011 will begin discussing what the disaster risk reduction framework will look like post-2015: in terms of governance, resources, monitoring and compliance and how it will fit with the Millennium Development Goals and climate change framework.

During the event, several special session for Mayors were hosted.

8 cities signed up to the new ‘Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready’ campaign on 11 May 2011:

Aqaba, Jordan
Dakar, Senegal
Geneva, Switzerland
Madrid, Spain
Nadi, Fiji
Portmore, Jamaica
Tevragh Zeina, Mauritania
The State of Tyrol, Austria

Source
https://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/GP/2011/

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Making cities resilient: 'My city is getting ready' world disaster reduction campaign , English

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Themes Civil Society/NGOs Climate change Community-based DRR Education and school safety Health and health facilities Advocacy and media Private sector Risk identification and assessment Insurance and risk transfer Urban risk and planning Governance Economics of DRR Disaster risk management Social impacts and social resilience Structural safety
Country and region Switzerland
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