Making Cities Resilient Report 2012
Making Cities Resilient Report 2012
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Annex 4<br />
<strong>Making</strong> <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Resilient</strong> Campaign Timeline<br />
Below is a list of the most significant events that shaped the results of the<br />
campaign. Many other local, national and sub-regional workshops, launch<br />
events and trainings took place, led by partners, UNISDR or the cities.<br />
2009<br />
Foundation<br />
of the<br />
Campaign<br />
YEAR 2009<br />
Event: ISDR Conference Building a Local Government Alliance for DRR<br />
Incheon, Republic of Korea 11-12 August 2009<br />
Significance: Opened by UN Secretary-General, Mayor of Incheon and UCLG-ASPAC.<br />
<strong>Making</strong> <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Resilient</strong> Campaign foundation and first Partnership meeting,<br />
the Incheon Declaration.<br />
Event: Second Campaign Partnership Meeting, hosted by UCLG<br />
Barcelona, Spain 23-24 November 2009<br />
Significance: Partnership agreements and Campaign strategy (UCLG, EMI, UN-Habitat,<br />
IFRC, UNICEF, CityNet, etc).<br />
Event: 5th AFRICITIES Summit, UCLG – Africa<br />
Marrakech, Morocco 16 – 20 December 2009<br />
Significance: Session on “<strong>Resilient</strong> <strong>Cities</strong>” raised political commitment from Mayors<br />
2010<br />
Campaign<br />
launch<br />
YEAR 2010<br />
Event: 5th World Urban Forum – The Urban Divide<br />
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22-26 March<br />
Significance: Networking session for pre-launch of Campaign, with cities, Norway,<br />
EMI, GROOTS (grass-root women) and UN-Habitat<br />
Event: ICLEI 1st World Congress on <strong>Cities</strong> and Adaptation to Climate Change<br />
Bonn, Germany 28 - 30 May 2010<br />
Significance: Global Campaign launch. Bonn Declaration of Mayors Adaptation. Local<br />
leadership, climate change and disaster resilience. 1st meeting Campaign Advisory<br />
Panel.<br />
Event: South Asia launch of <strong>Making</strong> <strong>Cities</strong> <strong>Resilient</strong> Campaign (Govt of India, South Asia<br />
Association for Regional Cooperation-SAARC, UNISDR)<br />
New Delhi, India 8-9 June<br />
Significance: Sub-regional launch of Campaign, 50 cities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh,<br />
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Draft SAARC policy document for<br />
urban risk reduction, planning for follow-up activities in countries.<br />
Event: Campaign launch in South America<br />
Lima, Peru 10 June<br />
Significance: First launch event among many in the Americas- Spanish<br />
Event: Workshop for local elected officials on DRR (UCLG, UNISDR)<br />
Dakar, Senegal, 14-15 May 2010<br />
Significance: Awareness on DRR among local governments: Senegal, Congo,<br />
Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Tchad<br />
Event: Shanghai World Expo 2010: Better <strong>Cities</strong>, Better World<br />
Shanghai, China July: City Forum on DRR (DevNet, UNISDR,<br />
UN-Habitat, ICLEI)<br />
13 October: Public televised dialogue International<br />
Day- at the World Expo UN-Pavilion<br />
Significance: 150 participants from cities, academia, private sector<br />
shared good practice, discussed city resilience indicators<br />
(assessment tool); and recovery.<br />
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