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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Meetings and conferences
New York
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In person
2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
The theme for the HLPF 2022 will be “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
Meetings and conferences
Geneva
Online
Local Resilience to climate change and COVID-19: No one left behind in urban resilience building
This side event will take place on 4 April 2022 and will examine how cities are building resilience to the impacts of COVID-19, especially socio-economic impacts, as well as climate change.
Meetings and conferences
Osaka
Online
Towards Building a Sustainable and Resilient Society in Southeast Asia: Unmasking Opportunities and Lessons Learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The conference highlights evidence-based transformations that the pandemic has sparked as a way forward towards building a sustainable and resilient future.
Meetings and conferences
Online
Empowering women in the green economic recovery from Covid-19
An official side event at the NGO Forum of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66) 2022
Meetings and conferences
New Delhi
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Online
International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) 2022
The International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) will provide an opportunity to address issues around infrastructure transitions, risk governance and finance, and putting people at the centre of building resilient infrastructure.
Meetings and conferences
Online
UNDRR ROAMC: Making cities resilient : Integrating multidimensional tools for local planning
Making cities resilient : Integrating multidimensional tools for local planning.
Training course
Online
National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) Overview
The National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) outlines the basis for a national approach to disaster recovery.
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Training course
Online
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience
The UN Environment Programme and the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction are starting the new year with a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Disaster and Climate Resilience.
  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Meetings and conferences
Cairo
Online
Launch of Women's Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction (Examples from the Arab States)
UNDRR Regional office for the Arab States launches Women Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction (Examples from the Arab States) Publication.
Meetings and conferences
Online
The Global Earthquake Model: Achievements and Future Directions
The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation was formed in 2009 as a non-profit body in Pavia, Italy, funded through a public-private partnership with the vision to create a world that is resilient to earthquakes.
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IRP Herald

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Documents and publications
IRP Herald
IRP Herald Vol 26: International Recovery Forum 2019: Attaining the Build Back Better dividend

IRP Herald Volume 26 is the knowledge report for the International Recovery Forum 2019: Attaining the Build Back Better Dividend.

International Recovery Platform
Herald vol. 25
Documents and publications
IRP Herald
IRP Herald Vol 25: IRP Shared Insights to Achieve Resilience of Transport Systems at the 11th EST Forum

IRP Herald Volume 25 is the knowledge report for IRP's work at the 11th Intergovernmental Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia.

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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