Highlights and images for 10 October 2018

Preparations for the Africa-Arab Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) continued on Wednesday, 10 October, in Tunis, Tunisia. IISD/RS covered a selection of pre-conference events, on: making cities sustainable and resilient; a regional assessment report for DRR for the Arab States; a regional orientation and consultation for Africa and Arab States on a strategic approach to capacity development for the implementation of the Sendai Framework; an intergenerational dialogue on underlying disaster risk drivers; and multi-sectoral governance in the implementation of the Sendai Framework at the local level.The event on making cities sustainable and resilient discussed: linking national DRR strategies to city implementation; using the UNISDR Disaster Resilience Scorecard across the Arab region; and increasing investments in community engagement and communication.Efforts to develop a regional assessment report for DRR for the Arab Region were supported by participants in an event organized by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in the morning, who expressed that such a report would help to fill a void for DRR policy makers in the region, where relevant information for decision-making is still lacking.A global project on a strategic approach to capacity development for risk-informed sustainable development by 2030 was discussed in the afternoon. The project described the four building blocks for effective capacity development as being: demand-driven and needs based; government owned and led; coherent within and between all levels of government; and practicable, replicable and localized.An intergenerational dialogue on underlying disaster risk drivers in the afternoon highlighted the importance of involving youth in every stage of disaster risk management, and the complex links between migration and disaster risk.The session on multi-sectoral governance in the implementation of the Sendai Framework at the local level discussed examples from projects in Africa, while identifying challenges and opportunities in promoting DRR efforts at the local level.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, provided daily coverage and a summary report from the Africa-Arab Platform on DRR.

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Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient

Mark Harvey, CEO, Resurgence, and Nuha Eltinay, Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI)

Yetunde Abdul, BRE Trust

Participants listen to discussions

A participant takes notes during the discussion

Bijay Kumar, Executive Director, The Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction, poses a question to the panel

Regional Assessment Report for DRR for the Arab States

Chadi Abdallah, National Council for Scientific Research, Lebanon, presents during the session

Katie Peters, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Hafsa Ahmed, Humanitarian Aid Commission, listens to the presentation

Africa and Arab States Regional Orientation and Consultation on Strategic Approach to Capacity Development for Implementation of the Sendai Framework

Sanjaya Bhatia, UNISDR, frames discussions

Celestine Collins, Kenya

A participant reacts during the session

Quamrul Chowdhury, Bangladesh, addresses the room

Intergenerational Dialogue on Underlying Disaster Risk Drivers

Sandra Delali Kemeh, UN Major Group for Children and Youth, facilitates discussion

Fatou Jeng, UN Major Group for Children and Youth

Babatunde Iyanda, African Risk Capacity

Nuha Eltinay, AUDI

A view of the room during the session

Multi-sectoral Governance in the Implementation of the Sendai Framework at the Local Level

Doris Chandi Ombara, City Manager, City of Kisumu, Kenya

Samuel Sserunkuma, Deputy Executive Director, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Uganda

Moderator Tarryn Quayle, ICLEI Africa

A participant reviews event literature

Samuel Sserunkuma, Deputy Executive Director, KCCA, Uganda; Doris Chandi Ombara, City Manager, City of Kisumu, Kenya; and Abdou Sane, UNISDR Champion for DRR, Senegal

Other Events

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