HLF4 side event: Building disaster resilience for aid effectiveness
GFDRR along with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) will host a side event at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness titled “Building Disaster Resilience for Aid Effectiveness” on 30 November 2011.
Gearing up for the event, GFDRR also participated in the World Bank’s “Road to Busan” event which featured GFDRR’s business model and some of the key initiatives such as OpenDRI and Disaster Aid Tracking (DAT) in the World Bank’s atrium.
About the side event
The other High Level Foras on Aid Effectiveness were in Rome in 2003, Paris in 2005, Accra in 2008. The commitments at Paris, Rome and Accra laid the basis for an effective aid paradigm, but these commitments overlooked the need to protect investments from risk from natural hazards. To decrease vulnerability to current and future shocks, and to enhance development effectiveness, we must go beyond current commitments and focus on the devastating effects of natural hazards.
At the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4) in Busan, donors and partner countries will have the opportunity to make a public and measurable commitment to promote the sustainability and cost effectiveness of poverty eradication and promote lasting peace and security, by placing resilience to disasters at the heart of national and international investment strategies.
In an evolving risk-context, this side event will present the case for sustaining development through enhanced international cooperation. Ensuing dialogue will allow top level decision makers to discuss how to promote disaster resilience through development aid investments so as to enhance development effectiveness.
The “Building Disaster Resilience for Aid Effectiveness” side event will be an opportunity to discuss:
1. How can donors take a proactive and integrated approach to support disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience, particularly in countries that are most at risk?
2. How can support be provided to enhance systems and institutions at the country level to promote local ownership for DRR with such an integrated approach?
3. Can donors encourage measures that reduce disaster risk, moving beyond the national level to sub-national levels?