Global Urban Resilience Monthly Programme - What is Resilience? Reconfiguring for the 2020’s - Report
The ISRM Global Urban Resilience Monthly Webinar Series begins today as a testament to the collaboration between academics, policymakers, and practitioners in dealing with issues around the global urban resilience of major city management. We are proud that this initiative led us to first form a strategic Advisory Group, followed by a Strategic Steering Group with twenty-one participants from seventeen countries representing cities from all over the world.
At this stage, we are trying to leverage this and put in place a structured framework that would support global discussions, activities, interactions, and the creation of policy papers on issues such as strategic risk, crisis management, urban resilience, and city management. A series of events are planned for Jakarta, Athens, New York, Singapore and Manchester. The programme will span twelve months months, with monthly thematic webinars, inviting contributions from participants in the form of academic work, practical insights, policy papers, and personal experiences. The goal is to build a body of knowledge over twelve to eighteen months, fostering global dialogue on these critical issues. The programme is being run in collaboration with the UK National Preparedness Commission, the International Federation of the Red Cross and multiple global organisations.
