Regional Office - The Americas

Mayor Al's resilience road trip in Central America

A senior official from the Philippines town of San Francisco, which won the 2011 Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction, has spent the last five days journeying across Central America to exchange information with local authorities on best practice to make urban settings safer from natural hazards.

Urban Risk Thematic Platform: Call to promote the exchange of experiences on disaster risk management among local governments in the Americas.

Large urban centers, such as ones which are in the process of consolidating, need to maintain a constant level of innovation in order to successfully face the challenges posed by risk-sensitive sustainable development. The ability to innovate and/or tailor solutions to the particular conditions of each context is strengthened and enriched by sharing and exchanging ideas with those who have faced similar problems.

It is with this purpose in mind that the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR, Regional Office - The Americas, with the support of government donors, launches the call for the submission of proposals for exchange of experiences on the integration of DRR and CCA in the development process among local governments, with a particular emphasis on small to medium-sized cities.

All of the cities which are participating in the “Making Cities Resilient” campaign may take part in the call. The thematic areas, which will form the basis for the exchanges, should be related to the 10 Essentials for Making Cities Resilient (one or various essentials.

Our office / Acerca de nuestra oficina

Our regional office strives to provide support to actors throughout the region, including North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, in fostering a culture of disaster prevention and contributing to build disaster resilient nations and communities.

La Oficina Regional para las Américas se esfuerza por ofrecer apoyo a los actores de toda la región, lo que incluye Norteamérica, América Latina y el Caribe, en el fomento de una cultura de prevención de los desastres, y contribuye a establecer acciones y comunidades resilientes a los desastres. Nuestra oficina se encuentra en la ciudad de Panamá, Panamá.

Activities / Actividades

We inform and connect people by providing services and practical tools – such as the disaster risk reduction community website PreventionWeb, publications on good practices, country profiles and policy advice.

Informamos y establecemos nexos entre las personas al ofrecer servicios y herramientas prácticas tales como la página de Internet de la comunidad dedicada a la reducción del riesgo de desastres denominada PreventionWeb, publicaciones y buenas prácticas, perfiles por país y asesoría en materia de políticas.

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