2018 and 2019 / Lead Program Coordinator
International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI)
IWDRI is an annual intercountry meeting held to build the technical agenda of the global Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI).CDRI is a partnership of national governments, UN agencies and programmes, multilateral development banks and financing mechanisms, the private sector, and knowledge institutions that aims to promote the resilience of new and existing infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby ensuring sustainable development. I was incharge of managing the overall technical programme and content for both meetings in addition to coordination with partners including national governments, UN agencies, multilateral development banks and private organisations.
Thematic areas:
Risk Identification & Estimation
Resilience Standards & Certification
Recovery and reconstruction
Governance & Policy
Innovation & Emerging Technology
Finance
Capacity Development
Principal organisers: Government of India and UNDRR | Website | Twitter