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Friday, 22 May 2009 07:39 |
Local authorities from across the world will gather in a roundtable discussion on urban risk reduction on 17 June 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Taking place on Day Two of the 2nd meeting of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR), the event is organized by the Partnership for Urban Risk Reduction (PURR). EMI is one of the five international organizations that constitute PURR along with the United Cities and Local Governments (UGLG), Metropolis, CityNet, and ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability.
Mr. Narayan Gopal Malego, Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City in Kathmandu, will sit as the Chair of the roundtable while EMI’s Executive Director Dr. Fouad Bendimerad will serve as the moderator and rapporteur.
Presenters and discussants will tackle a broad range of topics including changes in governance, legal and institutional arrangements for DRR; ways on how to engage local authorities, civil society, and private sector in DRR efforts; the potentials of a global campaign in promoting urban risk reduction, and the opportunities to take the HFA forward at the local level.
This roundtable on urban risk reduction aims to highlight the crucial role of local governments in carrying out risk reduction measures at the field level, and to get more attention and support from the international community to further advance this cause.
For more information, visit the GPDRR website here.
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PURR - Partnership for Urban Risk Reduction 
