Urban Risk Reduction and Making Cities Resilient: Development of Local Disaster Risk Reduction StrategiesAdd to learning list

Course

Face-to-face

UN Partner

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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Length: 3 days
Effort: 20 hours
Level: Introductory
Language: English
Venue: -
Certificate: Yes
Price: -

This course supports local and national government officials to understand disaster risk reduction (DRR).

Sustainable Development Goals: 2030 Agenda; Leave no one behind; Quality education; Gender equality; Peace, justice and strong institutions
Subject: Disaster risk reduction
Keywords: disaster risk reduction; governance; resilient cities; urban risk reduction

About this course

This course supports local and national government officials to understand disaster risk reduction (DRR) and how to develop local DRR strategies as called for by Target E of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and SDGs 1, 11 and 13. It introduces Making Cities Resilient tools and guidance.

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Target audience

Local and national government.

Learning objectives

Equip local national and local government officials with knowledge and tools in making cities resilient with focus on development and implementation of local DRR strategies and action plans in alignment with the national DRR strategies and the Sendai Framework.