Ignite stage

Practical Action and Duryog Nivaran led a session at the IGNITE Stage where participants at the Global Platform were allowed 15 minutes to present a DRR topic, project or initiative.

The discussion revolved around community centred DRR with Theo Schilderman speaking on Building Back Better, Vajira Hettige (DRR Project Manager, Sri Lanka) presenting a few points from a case study on rebuilding in post conflict in the east of Sri Lanka, Maggie Ibrahim (International Programme Coordinator, UK) presenting the Vulnerability to resilience framework.

Prof. Santosh Kumar from National Institute of Disaster Management, India also shared his experiences on post disaster rebuilding in Gujarat. 

Chair's summary

For the first time a member of Practical Action - Dr Vishaka Hidellage, Regional Director of the South Asia Programme - was invited to be part of the drafting committee of the Chair's Summary at the Global Platform 2011 organised by UNISDR.

The Chair’s summary captured and highlighted the consensus points from the discussions that had taken place over the course of the week. Vishaka also was part of the closing panel, and delivered the response to the Chair’s summary on behalf of the civil society. This was seen as recognition of our contribution to the sector over the years.

Side events

• Building local capacity for risk governance and resilience
• Integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation at the local level

For more details on the Global Platform, please visit:

www.preventionweb.net/globalplatform/2011/

See also our web pages on Recovery and Reconstruction.