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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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#Infra4dev Conference: Infrastructure, Recovery & Growth: Building out from the Pandemic
The Infrastructure for Development Conference series (#Infra4Dev) is an initiative of the World Bank’s Infrastructure Vice-Presidency, aiming to promote dialogue and exchange between leading edge economic researchers and the wider community of policymakers and practitioners on leveraging infrastructure for development. Policy makers around the world are currently grappling with the immediate economic recovery from the global pandemic, while at the same time trying to steer the global economy on to a more sustainable long-term development path. Accordingly, the theme for this year’s conference is the impact of infrastructure on economic development. We will explore how a range of infrastructural developments – including digital, urban transport, economic corridors, and energy systems – contribute to inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
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Supporting Green Recovery: Towards Green Growth in Southeast Asia
This side-event will provide an opportunity for country representatives from the Southeast Asia region to: Share their challenges and priorities in the thematic areas of: water security, clean energy finance and investment mobilisation, sustainable infrastructure, and marine plastic pollution. and Learn about OECD activities that support green recovery in practice in the region, building on ongoing collaboration with countries on the above-mentioned thematic areas.
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Better Together: Enhancing Development Co-operation for a sustainable COVID-19 Recovery
The roundtable will provide an opportunity for development providers from OECD countries, Southeast Asia and Regional Development Funds, the World Bank, and the UN Office of South-South Co-operation to exchange knowledge, ideas and experiences on how development co-operation can guide a sustainable COVID-19 Recovery.
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Seoul, South Korea
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Ministerial Conference OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme
This Ministerial Conference will both celebrate the achievements of the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme (SEARP) to date, as its ambitious second phase draws to a close, and look forward, identifying the digital, environmental and social challenges faced by the region due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Southern Africa: Country Experiences and a Focus on Building Back better in Mauritius
This seminar aims to achieve several objectives, including: promote the sharing of experiences by both the public and private sector on the impact of Covid-19 on MSMEs in Southern Africa, highlighting commonalities and differences in response strategies that were deployed to minimize impacts; stimulate reflections on how MSMEs in Southern Africa can best build back better, especially in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), other trade agreements and regional collaboration.
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Gearing up for a Post-Pandemic World: Designing Policies for an Innovative Sustainable Recovery in East and Southeast Asia
The objective of this panel is to approach the ongoing digital and green transitions with and among regional stakeholders in Southeast Asia.
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Gender-responsive employment policies for a job-rich and fair recovery
A new generation of gender-responsive employment policies can play an important role to promote an inclusive and job-rich recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. This webinar will bring together experts and policymakers from different regions to share knowledge on how they have produced specific diagnostics on how women and men have been impacted by the crisis, and the ways in which they have progressed in implementing gender-responsive policies.
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Online and Bangkok
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Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) 2022: Building back better from COVID-19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific
The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) is an annual and inclusive intergovernmental forum and a regional platform for supporting countries, in particular those with special needs, in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development while serving as a regional preparatory meeting to the high-level political forum.
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ADBI-Yale University Conference on Enabling Gender-Sensitive COVID Recovery in Asia
This ADBI-Yale University conference will feature new research on the pandemic and gender equality, focusing on women’s economic activities and policies to promote more gender-equitable recovery in Asia. The conference will also bring together researchers and government officials from the region to discuss policy next steps.
Training event
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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.
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IRP Herald

Herald vol. 22 -EN
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IRP Herald Vol 22: International Recovery Forum 2018 -Build Back Better in Urban Resilience

IRP Herald Volume 22 is the knowledge report for the International Recovery Forum 2018: Build Back Better in Urban Resilience.

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Herald vol. 21 -EN
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IRP Herald Vol 21: Messages on Build Back Better at the National Conference on Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction 2017 (Bosai Kokutai)

IRP Herald Volume 21 is the knowledge report for the National Conference on Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction 2017 and World Bosai Forum.

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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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