2017 Regional workshop - South America

Participants at GNDR's LAC regional workshop GNDR

2017| Regional South American workshop

The workshop was an opportunity to introduce GNDR's new regional governance structure and to promote the benefits of sharing knowledge and best practices at region level. Participants came from all over the LAC region. Organised by GNDR's Regional Development Coordinator in LAC, Mave Bastias, the subregional workshop aimed at identifying appropriate actions for our members to work together in order to enhance their disaster management and advocacy capacity.

Details

Workshop South America;

Participants: 25 participants representing different stakeholders, including GNDR members from the region , CBDRM partners, academic network, Regional Advisory Groups
Organisers: GNDR's LAC Regional Office
Date and location : 29th,30th November and 1st December in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Description

ATTENDANCE

25 participants including representatives from GNDR's regional members, Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) partners , Networking Plataforma Latinoamerica , RIADIS. At least one member per country participated in the regional workshop.

BACKGROUND

Following a process of consultation which ran in 2016, regional workshops were established to give our members the opportunity to express their views on effective collaboration at the regional level, particularly on how to increase our local members capacity in DRR policy making (SFDRR).

OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP

The workshop had the following objectives:

Increase members' capacity in disaster relief and community support
Presentation of GNDR's new regional governance and structure
Enhance the advocacy capacity of GNDR's South American members in international DRR policy-making
Share our members experience on CBDRR (Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction)

PROGRAM CONTENT

Cf agenda of the workshop