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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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Melbourne, Victoria
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Diversity in Disaster Conference
Every year people and communities across Australia are impacted by emergencies and natural disasters. The Diversity in Disaster conference, to be held in Melbourne, Australia on 17-18 April, will bring together Australian and international emergency
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London
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‘Building back better’: a resilient Caribbean
Description ‘Our devastation is so complete that our recovery has to be total’. This was Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s response after Hurricane Maria struck Dominica in September 2017. Affected nations across the Caribbean hit by Category 5
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New York
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Closing the protection gaps for all
The fifty-sixth session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD56) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 29 January to 7 February 2018. The Commission is the advisory body responsible for the social development pillar
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Nagoya, Aichi
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1st International Conference of Landcare Studies - Global Resilience Through Local Self Reliance
This is the first world gathering of landcare academics and practitioners to discuss the theories, practice and pragmatics of the 'landcare field' and the role of landcare, localism, self-reliance, sustainability, rural and regional resilience and post
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Halifax
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In person
The Eighth Annual National Roundtable on Disaster Risk Reduction - “Building Back Better”
Canada's Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be hosting the Eighth Annual National Roundtable on Disaster Risk Reduction. This year's theme for the Roundtable, Building Back Better, encourages participants to engage in a dialogue related to the
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Perth
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In person
10th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference: Translating Research into Practice
The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) of Western Australia is proud to host ANHMC10. This year's conference will provide a forum for discussion of the integration of hazard information into effective emergency risk management. Applying science and
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Canberra
In person
Resilience, response, and recovery forum: a whole of community response with Craig Fugate, former FEMA Administrator
About the forum: Contemporary problems in emergency management and crisis preparedness demand new approaches. The old ways of doing business do not apply. Although many observers recognise the importance of public-private partnerships, this concept does
Meetings and conferences
Melbourne
In person
Resilience, response, and recovery forum: a whole of community response with Craig Fugate, former FEMA Administrator
About the forum: Contemporary problems in emergency management and crisis preparedness demand new approaches. The old ways of doing business do not apply. Although many observers recognise the importance of public-private partnerships, this concept does
Meetings and conferences
Brisbane
In person
Resilience, response, and recovery forum: a whole of community response with Craig Fugate, former FEMA Administrator
About the forum: Contemporary problems in emergency management and crisis preparedness demand new approaches. The old ways of doing business do not apply. Although many observers recognise the importance of public-private partnerships, this concept does
Training event
Manila
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In person
Training of Trainers: Sphere and ADCAP - Inclusive humanitarian action
About the Course This course is designed to bring together key skills to mainstream inclusion into organisations and the wider humanitarian sector. The course builds capacity through building training skills on Sphere and increasing current knowledge on
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IRP Herald

Herald vol. 6 -EN
Documents and publications
IRP Herald
IRP Herald Vol 6: IRP Workshop for Central America and Intergovernmental Dialogue on Recovery Processes

IRP Herald Volume 6 is the knowledge report for the Intergovernmental Dialogue on Recovery Processes, held in San Salvador, El Salvador.

International Recovery Platform
Herald vol. 5 -EN.
Documents and publications
IRP Herald
IRP Herald Vol 5: IRP at the World Reconstruction Conference 2

IRP Herald Volume 5 is the knowledge report for the Second World Reconstruction Conference (WRC 2) as well as the ASEAN High-Level Conference on Assistance for the Recovery of Yolanda-Affected Areas (ARYA).

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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