The Rockefeller Foundation: 100 Resilient cities - Centennial challenge

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As natural and man-made shocks and stresses grow in frequency, impact and scale, with the ability to ripple across systems and geographies, cities are largely unprepared to respond to, withstand, and bounce back from disasters.

With more than 75 percent of people expected to live in cities by 2050, public and private sector leaders are expressing an increasing desire to build greater resilience, yet many have neither the technical expertise nor the financial resources to create and execute resilience strategies on a city-wide scale, in a way that addresses the need of the poor or vulnerable people.

We can do better.

To enable 100 cities to better address major 21st century challenges, the Rockefeller Foundation is inviting cities from around the world to apply for the:

100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge

Municipal government leaders or major institutions can register on the Rockefeller Foundation's website to apply on behalf of their city. Registration is required by September 23, 2013 in order to receive the application.

Winning cities will be announced in three rounds over the next three years, with the final round of winners named in 2015.

Each winning city will receive:

- Membership in the 100 Resilient Cities Network which will provide support to member cities and share new knowledge and resilience best practices.
- Support to hire a Chief Resilience Officer to oversee the development of a resilience strategy for the city and be part of a learning network of other CROs.
 Support to create a resilience plan, along with tools and resources for implementation.

Now is the time for action to ensure our cities remain places of opportunity for the next 100 years.


BUILDING RESILIENCE is about making people, communities and systems better prepared to withstand catastrophic events – both natural and manmade and able to bounce back more quickly and emerge stronger from these shocks and stresses.

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