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The World Cities Scientific Development Alliance (WCSDA) was established in 2009, with the goal of promoting sustainable urban development, creating liveable environments in cities, which aim to be disaster resilient and climate?change?proof, both within and outside China. The WCSDA offers mutual opportunities for policy dialogue on urban governance, exchange of successful experience and new technologies for sustainable city development. The Alliance also promotes understanding and respect for cultural diversity, for a harmonious and peaceful world.
Raise people’s awareness of disaster prevention and reduction and make cities more resilient to disasters;
Improve the disaster response capacity of urban system and strengthen world cities’ capacity in disaster prevention and reduction;
Promote world cities sustainable development.
Shape a strategic platform for world cities sustainable development;
Organize an internationally authoritative expert committee for sustainable urban development;
Come up with an assessment system and tool for resilient cities;
Window of global disaster risk reduction and sustainable urban development networks;
Organize disaster risk reduction conference annually;
Establish an international emergency relief training center to provide training programs covering all systems of Chinese cities.
Strategic partnership with UNDRR;
Strategic partnership with Sister Cities International;
Technically supported by China Institute of Geo-Environment Monitoring, Ministry of Land and Resources of the People’s Republic of China;
Academically supported by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences;
Launching and operational unit of international emergency relief training programs in China;
Unit calling up 4 + 1 Urban Catastrophe Insurance Laboratory Topics in China.
Strengthen regional cooperation to reduce urban disaster risks and carry out training programs for mayors and local government officials.
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Training programs and high-level workshops for cooperation and interaction among cities
Promote and share experiences of example cities in disaster resilience.
Mayors’ Summit on Disaster Risk Reduction
International exhibition on emergency relief materials
Organize an internationally authoritative expert committee for world cities sustainable development
Shape the idea of establishing an emergency relief system for China and the pan-Asia-Pacific region at large
Propose an assessment system and tool for disaster resilient cities;
Establish an international emergency relief training center of the WCSDA to provide trainings covering all city systems in China
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.