Global Summit

Agenda: Day 2

All times shown are for Nairobi, Kenya – East Africa Time (GMT+3)

Opening of day two

09:00 – 9:30

Room: Jasmine B

Making Displacement Safer Cookbook launch

Funded by USAID BHA, the Making Displacement Safer project aims to build the resilience of displaced populations in urban settings in 11 countries. The cookbook identifies “ingredients” and “recipes” that have been successful in promoting safer displacement in urban settings, building resilience and preventing future displacement.

Member-led sessions

9:30 – 11:00

Sessions run simultaneously

Room: Jasmine B

5. Data sharing for resilience: a way to collaborate effectively with stakeholders

Explore effective ways to share data and information between stakeholders to enable effective resilience building, available data bases, and the role of knowledge networks in promoting social inclusion and equal opportunities

Moderator:

  • Peter Curran, Chair of trustees, GNDR

Speakers:

  • Carlos Kaiser, ONG Inclusiva, Chile
  • Christopher B. Estallo, National Resilience Council, Philippines
  • Ronja Isabella Winkhardt-Enz, German Committee for Disaster Reduction, Germany
  • Sohou Enagnon Brice, African Monitoring Observatory on Climate, Waters, Earth and Cultures, Benin

 

Room: Orchid B

6. Risk proofing infrastructure and the built environment

A session to demonstrate the need for resilient infrastructure and the built environment to reduce disaster risks, including the role communities can play.

Moderator:

  • Lorenzo Mota King, Caribbean Regional Representative, GNDR

Speakers:

  • Bertha Cecilia Garcia Cienfuegos, Asociación Regional de Mujeres Ingenieras de Tumbes
  • Maria Rosaria Marsico, University of Exeter, UK
  • Niang Ibrahima, Banlieues Du Monde Mauritanie, Mauritania
  • Surya Narayan Shrestha, National Society for Earthquake Technology, Nepal

Member-led sessions

11:30 – 13.00

Sessions run simultaneously

Room: Jasmine B

7. Building capacities at the local level

Explore strategies and approaches to build the capacities of local CSOs and communities for DRR, including monitoring and evaluation, and raising funds locally.

Moderator:

  • Sophie Rigg, Europe Regional Representative, GNDR

Speakers:

  • Agbavito Koku Selom, Association des Volontaires pour l’Environnement Sain, Togo
  • Gloria Kasang Bulus, Bridge That Gap Initiative, Nigeria
  • Nashwan Ahmed, EvalYemen, Yemen
  • Peter Curran, Chair of Trustees, GNDR, Explorer Consulting Limited, UK

 

Room: Orchid B

8. Community led risk assessment and mapping

This session will spotlight the critical role of local level risk assessments and mapping as well as provide practical guidance on how to develop community based DRR and CCA plans, including mobilising resources to ensure development is truly risk informed. 

Moderators:

  • Tania Triminio Quintanilla, Central America Regional Representative, GNDR

Speakers:

  • Arulappan Maria James, Rural Uplift Centre, India
  • Michael Anguria, Shine Africa Foundation – Teso, Uganda
  • Parfait Blalogoe, Centre de Recherche et d’Expertise pour le Development Local, Benin

 

Regional roundtables

14:00 – 16:00

Session run simultaneously

Rooms: See below

Setting the context for collaboration on promoting localisation and risk-informed development

Four regional roundtables for networking and collaboration:

  1. Africa – Jasmine B
  2. Asia & Pacific – Jasmine A
  3. Europe and Centra Asia – Orchid A
  4. Americas & Caribbean – Orchid B

Actions from the front line

16:30 – 18:00

Room: Jasmine B

Actions from the front line: Cineforum

Audio-visual presentations by GNDR members to showcase the risks faced by communities on the front lines and actions being taken to build resilience.

  • Margaret Pauline Seruvatu, Communications Specialist Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises and Development
  • Samuel Barrios, GNDR NFP, Paraguay, Director Asociación Tesai Reka Paraguay
  • Albert Kora, Directeur de Projet Organisation pour le Développement Durable, le Renforcement et l’Autopromotion des Structures Communautaires