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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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Kumamoto Castle Hall, Kumamoto International Community House, Flower Garden Square
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The 9th National Convention on Disaster Risk Reduction (Bosai Kokutai)
The National Convention for the Promotion of Disaster Risk Reduction (commonly known as "Bosai Kokutai") is one of the largest disaster prevention events in Japan.
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Kumamoto-city
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High School Students Summit on “World Tsunami Awareness Day” 2024 in Kumamoto
High School Students Summit on “World Tsunami Awareness Day” 2024 in Kumamoto will be held in Kumamoto City on October 23rd and 24th, 2024.
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Online
Recovery Uncovered Webinar Series The First Year – Collaborating for Community Recovery
Recovery Uncovered is a webinar series that explores disaster recovery from a community perspective. Through lived experience, research and practical advice, each webinar session offers explorse disaster recovery through the eyes of those who've lived it.
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Tokyo
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Supporting the Recovery of Noto Peninsula: Building Back Better
TOKYO & ONLINE: Bringing together regional and government stakeholders, this event will discuss sustainable and resilient recovery from the 2024 Noto Earthquake.
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Banda Aceh, Indonesia
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AIWEST - DR 2024: "Bridging History and Horizons Towards Sustainable Resilience, Adaptive, and Inclusive World: Commemorating 20 years of the 2004 Aceh Tsunami"
The Aceh International l Workshop and Expo on Sustainable Tsunami Disaster Recovery (AIWEST-DR) is an annual event organized by TDMRC Universitas Syiah Kuala. This year, AIWEST commemorates the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Aceh Tsunami.
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Banda Aceh, Indonesia
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2nd UNESCO IOC Global Tsunami Symposium - Two Decades After 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Reflection and the Way Forward
The UNESCO-IOC and BMKG have initiatives to hold the UNESCO-IOC Global Tsunami Symposium on the Reflection of the Two Decades Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 Commemoration.
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Baku, Azerbaijan
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Online
2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29)
The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the UNFCCC will convene from 11 to 24 November 2024. It will take place in Azerbaijan.
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Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda
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Online
4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States
In this year’s conference, the international community will gather to review SIDS’ sustainable development progress and propose a new decade of partnerships and solutions to supercharge their path to resilient prosperity.
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Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture
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Online
Understanding risk global forum
Over six days, the world’s leading experts and practitioners in disaster and climate risk management and reduction will once again gather to share and explore best practices and innovation in the field.
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Cairo, Egypt
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World Urban Forum (WUF12)
The WUF12, convened by UN-Habitat, will take place in Cairo, Egypt. This will be the first time in over 20 years that the forum is returning to the African continent, and it is the first time that it will be held in a megacity.
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IRP Herald Vol 36: International Recovery Forum 2023: Building Back Better and Long-term Recovery Outcomes: Aspirations for a Resilient, Sustainable Future

IRP Herald Volume 36 is the knowledge report for the International Recovery Forum 2023: Building Back Better and Long-term Recovery Outcomes: Aspirations for a Resilient, Sustainable Future

International Recovery Platform
IRP Herald vol 35
Documents and publications
IRP Herald
IRP Herald Vol 35: Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) Highlights of Themes Related to Recovery

IRP Herald Volume 35 summarizes recovery-related content from across the sessions at GP2022.

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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