DRMKC at the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction, EFDRR 2021

Published on February 14, 2022

The triennial EFDRR appointment took place in November 2021 (24-26). Several side events of the EFDRR 2021 were organized/contributed by members/partners of the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre, thus animating the exchanges at the forum and backing the finalization of the EFRDD roadmap, which forms the basis for coordinated implementation of Sendai Framework for DRR and related SDGs targets until 2030. Find below the various sessions, with links to the dedicated pages:
- Strengthening disaster risk governance at local level: enhancing information exchanges through new technologies and assessment models; organized by H2020-DRS-01 Research Cluster (Disaster Resilience Societies) - link
- INFORM Subnational Risk Index in Europe & Central Asia; organized by  UNDRR and DPPI SEE - link
- Preventing another Sandoz, Baia Mare or Beirut accident: perspectives on risk management in the context of the Sendai Framework; organized by UNECE, EIB, OECD, Norway and Slovenia - link
- Working session on "Science Policy Interface – Improving data for DRR" - link
- EU-Research and Networking in Support of the Sendai Framework for Action; organized by the European Commission - link

Link to the EFDRR 2021 webpage: https://efdrr.undrr.org/

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