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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Tokyo
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Learning from mega disasters
Background Under this project “Learning from Mega Disasters”, a series of interactive Knowledge-Sharing (KS) sessions will be organized in collaboration via videoconferencing system with GDLN. This is aimed at: • Sharing initial findings and lessons from
Meetings and conferences
Kaohsiung
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In person
The 8th international symposium on social management systems SSMS2012
The Society for Social Management Systems is dedicated to promote research, investigation, and information exchange for the development of social management methodologies to meet the increasing challenges of modern societies. To facilitate information
Meetings and conferences
Arlington, VA
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In person
2012 Annual emergency preparedness conference
Background Destructive, devastating, shattering -– these are only a few of the words that begin to describe the impact of the natural disasters that plagued the country in 2011. Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management plans were tested and
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Kampala
In person
Disaster risk reduction and sustainable development
This event is part of the Inter-parliamentary Union 126th Assembly and related meetings. With climate change and unsustainable development practices accentuating disaster risk, disaster risk reduction has become critical to breaking the cycle of
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Stuttgart
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In person
Integrated approaches for volcanic risk management
Background Following UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction recommendations and starting from shared existing knowledge and practices, the MIAVITA European project is organizing a conference aiming at presenting innovative tools and integrated
Meetings and conferences
L'Aquila
In person
Building resilient regions after a natural disaster: Abruzzo 2030, OECD forum
Background The forum aims at discussing priorities for a development strategy to get Abruzzo out of its backwardness and for the rebirth of L’Aquila after the 2009 earthquake. Issues considered are those emerged by the analysis and on field interviews in
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Bangkok
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In person
Consultancy needs and services in disaster management
Consulting as an advisory activity has steadily gained prominence in every sphere of life. Disaster Management is one of the important areas, where Consultants have to develop effective strategies and systems for disaster prevention, mitigation, response
Meetings and conferences
Sendai
In person
One-year memorial report meeting of the great East Japan earthquake
Tohoku University will organize a report meeting of the Great East Japan Earthquake from the academic perspective on the 1st memorial day of the disaster.
Training event
Newwtown JHB
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In person
Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation training programme 2012
Background Impact is a research and training based institution dedicated to improving, strengthening and capacity developing constituency clientele within Africa and beyond. It organises conferences,summits,symposia,workshop and training workshop on
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Bangkok
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In person
9th International training course on earthquake vulnerablity reduction
Essential insights Earthquake vulnerability is rapidly increasing worldwide, especially in developing countries. The rapid urbanization, lack of proper planning, constraint of resources to response, absence of vulnerability reduction measures, poor
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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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Kobe skyline Dec 23