CGIAM participated at the High Level Forum on Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction at Local Level – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) – Florence, June 16th and 17th.

HIGH LEVEL FORUM
ON IMPLEMENTING THE SENDAI FRAMEWORK
FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AT LOCAL LEVEL

16-17 JUNE, 2016  –  FLORENCE

CGIAM participated at the High Level Forum on Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction at Local Level, organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), in Florence on June 16th and 17th.

This High Level Forum gathered Ministers, Mayors, policymakers, local government authorities, private sector, experts and partners from across the world with interests and engagement in local and urban resilience and disaster risk reduction.

The forum highlighted the importance of disaster risk reduction at the core of the sustainable development and climate change agendas and promoted coherence in local level implementation of the international agreements.

At the end of the event, it has been adopted the declaration “The Florence Way Forward” for the implementation of the Sendai Framework at local level.

For any other information please visit the website of the Conference:
http://www.unisdr.org/conferences/2016/highlevelforum