This session will provide participants with information from partners working in and with local governments building more resilient cities. The nature of the presentations will focus on:
How cities themselves are analyzing and addressing their resilience,
What kinds of measures are being used to monitor and manage critical infrastructure;
How going to scale with technical assistance can create opportunities for city governments to access
resources (financial and human) and technical know-how;
What the United Nations system, multilateral, bilateral and donor agencies are doing in support of member
states;
How global networks can create synergies, share experience, leverage investments, and support their
members in achieving greater resilience.
Speakers:
Nimal Premathilaka, Balangoda, Sri Lanka: Importance of resilience profiling to guide investment in urban resilience; or XXX, Mandalay, Myanmar
Christina Rumbaitis del Rio, Rockefeller Foundation: Resilience dividends and large scale infrastructure
Feng Min Khan, UNISDR: Global norms and commitments by member states to the WCDRR
Emani Kumar ICLEI: The importance of networks – MCUR and LG’s