News and Events

IRP collects news and organizes events to facilitate discussion on resilient recovery and building back better, including the annual International Recovery Forum.

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Resilience in light of COVID-19: Climate action on the road to COP26
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought concerns about resilience to the fore in an unprecedented way. The pandemic has laid bare the vulnerability of health systems and economies, substantiating concerns about resilience more broadly to external shocks. Given
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Climate, COVID-19, and the collaboration we need
The COVID-19 pandemic has demanded an unprecedented global response. With every nation experiencing the social and economic shock comes the stark realisation that we must adopt new and better ways to deal with global crises, including the climate
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Multi-hazards approach and COVID-19: Flattening the curve and early recovery lessons
Coronavirus disease (COVID 19) has caused devastating damage to the whole world and shown how important it is to prepare for a pandemic as hard as other disasters. Some countries are in the early phase of recovery after going through extremely difficult
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Webinar: African Science and Technology Advisory Group for Disaster Risk Reduction research contributions to reinforce resilience in the face of COVID-19 and beyond
The ongoing coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an unprecedented event in human history, requiring the scientific community to work as one to support societies during and beyond this global crisis. The pandemic impacts go well beyond the health sector
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Webinar: COVID-19: Transition from response to recovery
Tonkin + Taylor, in partnership with Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), Committee on Data (CODATA) of the International Science Council (ISC), has brought together four of the world’s leading disaster response experts to share the lessons
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Preparedness for effective post-disaster actions
When disasters strike, they often present complex and uncertain conditions that leave disaster management practitioners in a state of dilemma. Under such circumstances, practitioners will need to innovate, apply and develop project management and other
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Webinar: COVID-19 - Opportunities for resilient recovery
As countries continue to meet the immediate needs of the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis is forcing policymakers to consider the unavoidable trade-offs between saving lives and preserving jobs and livelihoods. Throughout Asia-Pacific, governments are
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Webinar: How to make the COVID-19 recovery sustainable, just and resilient
Join a discussion on 29th April 2020, 15:00–16:15 CEST to hear perspectives from decision-makers, industry professionals and scientists on how to ensure a sustainable, just and resilient recovery from the disruption wrought by the coronavirus disease 2019
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AIDR Recovery Matters webinar series: Community-led recovery
The new Recovery Matters webinars will get to the heart of key issues that are important in disaster recovery. Join the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience that invites expert speakers to share what they know and help to move forward with
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Beijing
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10th Regional Training Course on Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction
Course overview The Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction Course (EVRC) has been designed to support the creation of earthquake resilient societies. With rich experiences in providing similar training courses on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) at the
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IRP Herald

Herald vol. 11 -EN
Documents and publications
IRP Herald
IRP Herald Vol 11: IRP Promotes and Implements Multilateral Cooperation on Disaster Reduction and Recovery Through Participation in the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)-led International Conference

IRP Herald Volume 11 is the knowledge report for the conference “IORA Sustainable Development Programme Workshop: Exploring Preemptive Disaster Risk Management Measures to Ensure Community Resilience” in Tanzania, and the 2nd Earthquake Technology Expo.

International Recovery Platform
Herald vol. 12 -EN
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IRP Herald
IRP Herald Vol 12: Workshop on Disaster Recovery Planning

IRP Herald Volume 12 is the knowledge report for the Workshop on Disaster Recovery Planning held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

International Recovery Platform
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International Recovery Forum

The International Recovery Forum, established in 2005, convenes a broad range of senior policymakers and practitioners to exchange experiences and facilitate discussion on challenges to resilient recovery and opportunities for building back better. It is a forum designed to generate ideas and collaboration through dialogue and debate, sharing of experiences and the latest evidence in disaster recovery. The forum is coordinated annually in Kobe, Japan, by the International Recovery Platform (IRP) Secretariat, in close consultation with the IRP Steering Committee.

The annual forum is organized around themes to address key prevailing priorities and gaps in knowledge and practice for recovery and building back better. The forum’s themes link with the outcomes and lessons emerging from previous IRP Forums and other relevant global events, in order to advance the field. The International Recovery Forum is among the key activities managed by IRP in support of its mandate to share experiences and learning among countries and all relevant stakeholders, explicitly designated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

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