The workshop also included the participation of María Elena Opazo Cortes, Director of Risk Management of the Municipality of Pudahuel (Chile), who shared her government's experience and lessons learned in the use of UNDRR tools.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability - South America Secretariat
In alignment with its commitment to the Developing Resilient Cities 2030 (MCR2030) initiative, Panama City has played an integral role in validating the utility, benefits, and accessibility of these tools for local officials within the region.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
The Municipal Council of Protection and Civil Defence - Compdec - of the municipality of Petrópolis, in Brazil, validated on July 26th 2023 the results of their disaster resilience capacities assessment carried out with the technical support of UNDRR.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
The Amazon Cities Forum sought to include the specificities and challenges of the Amazon territories in the structuring of a common agenda for sustainability and climate resilience.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
The UNDRR tool assesses how resilient a city’s food systems are, considering that they are essential to face emergencies and ensure the continuous availability of safe and healthy food.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
The 11 municipalities committed to finalise the completion of each tool by the end of July, so as to finalise their risk and resilience capacity assessments and then start the formulation of their local risk reduction and resilience plan.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
