EMI’s General Secretary Atty. Violeta Seva is invited to speak about the progress of local governments in reducing disaster risks during a Special Session of the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Reduction (AMCDRR) on December 2-4, 2008 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Atty. Seva will share EMI’s efforts in bringing together cities across the world in a knowledge sharing and capacity building platform for local governments called Partnership for Urban Risk Reduction (PURR).

 

PURR is an adhoc coalition of local government organizations created to address the need for a global platform of local authorities and their partners to build and promote sustainable DRR strategy within the broader international context.

 

Atty. Seva will join a panel of presenters from the ASEAN Environment and Disaster Management, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, SOPAC, and Red Cross Societies’ Inter-Ed Faculty of Clinical Research in Indonesia. They will draw recommendations on how to accelerate the implementation of Hyogo Framework based on the findings of the sub-regional and national reports of various stakeholders, including local governments.

 

For more information, visit the conference website.