The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have partnered to develop and launch a new free e-learning course,
The course is specifically designed for government officials and disaster risk and resilience professionals at the local level, to strengthen capacity and support the design and implementation of local-level plans and programmes that reduce risk and enhance resilience.
The online programme consists of 6 self-paced online modules:
- Module 1: Disaster Risk Reduction Concepts and Introduction to Current Trends in Urban Risk
- Module 2: Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015 – 2030)
- Module 3: Assessing City’s Risk Management and Introduction to Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
- Module 4: Mainstreaming DRR into Sectoral Programmes for Socio-Economic Development (Part 1)
- Module 5: Mainstreaming DRR into Sectoral Programmes for Socio-Economic Development (Part 2)
- Module 6: Developing, Implementing, Monitoring and Evaluating Safe and Resilient Action Plans
Fundamentals of Resilient Governance for Cities & regions
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme have partnered to develop and launch a new free e-learning course for local and regional governments (LRGs). The course is online, free and will run from 1st January – 31st December 2024 and covers;
- The fundamental concepts in risk analysis and resilience building,
- How to integrate DRR and resilience building into the policy cycle of LRGs,
- How to achieve robust risk governance with multi-level and multi-stakeholder participation,
- How to identify available financing mechanisms and opportunities,
- How to develop integral and inclusive DRR and resilience-building strategies and action plans,
- The roles local and regional government associations (LRGAs) can play to support resilience building.