UNDRR News

UNDRR hosted a workshop in Chisinau, bringing together government representatives and development partners to advance critical infrastructure resilience in Moldova through interactive tools and stakeholder discussions.

Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) and Aurecon applied UNDRR's Principles for Resilient Infrastructure scorecard to conduct resilience assessments for two key assets, Port of Brisbane and Silverton Wind Farm and won an award for these assessments.

UNDRR, in partnership with GIZ, organized a disaster risk reduction workshop for the city of Bukavu. Some 40 participants from a wide range of institutions came together over 4 days to learn about the Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative.

The unprecedented hurricane demonstrates the importance of effective multi-hazard early warning systems to save lives.

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Moldova hosted the launch workshop for UNDRR's “Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Resilience in the Republic of Moldova” project, funded by the Government of Poland, in Chisinau.

The Cellule de Prévention et d'appui à la Gestion des Urgences (CPGU) convened infrastructure stakeholders from the various ministries and key experts to stress test Madagascar's critical infrastructure and evaluate current infrastructure practices.

The National Disaster Risk Management Office (NDRMO), Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) conducted the Resilient Critical Infrastructure Review Recommendations Workshop.

Experts and government officials met to conduct an in-depth analysis of the water sector to identify opportunities for mitigating disaster risks in the sector.

Stakeholders from agencies with responsibilities for water sector infrastructure in Tonga came together to develop actions towards increased resiliency in the sector with the support of international experts.

Representatives from various sectors discussed the implementation of an action plan based on the recommendations of the application of the Global Methodology for Infrastructure Resilience, developed by UNDRR and CDRI.