International Council for Research and Innovation in Building
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CIB was established in 1953 as an association whose objectives were to stimulate and facilitate international cooperation and information exchange between governmental research institutes in the building and construction sector, with an emphasis on those institutes engaged in technical fields of research. CIB has since developed into a world wide network of over 5000 experts from about 500 member organizations’ with a research, university, industry or government background, who collectively are active in all aspects of research and innovation for building and construction.
CIB shares and exchanges information, knowledge, expertise and cooperation regarding policies that includes disaster risk reduction. CIB will collaborate on planning and implementation of joint programs including organizing training courses, conferences, seminars and workshops. CIB will participate and contribute to relevant international campaigns and initiatives including the “Making Cities Resilient” campaign. Web-based seminars will be carried out with the objective of sharing knowledge and expertise of CIB members in the area of disaster resilience together with UN-ISDR and the cities that are involved in the ‘Making Cities Resilient Campaign’. A joint CIB and UN-ISDR Roadmap publication is sought to identify key research and development needs in the area of urbanization and disaster resilience.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.