GADRI is invited to hold a session at the World Bosai Forum organized by the International Disaster and Risk Conference 2017, GRF Davos which will take place at the Sendai International Center, Sendai, Japan from 25 to 27 November 2017.

The forum is a venue to spin knowledge from disasters and weave wisdom of disaster risk reduction into society.

The forum is a venue to spin knowledge from disasters and weave wisdom of disaster risk reduction into society.

The forum will:

1. promote the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2. explore Japanese experiences of disaster risk reduction and observe recovery process of the Tohoku Region
3. welcome participants from disaster risk reduction experts to non- experts
4. explore and develop opportunities in disaster risk reduction
5. focus on solution-oriented discussion on disaster risk reduction with concrete examples provided by multi-stakeholders
6. give thanks for assistance to Tohoku from all over the world after the 11 March 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster

For information: https://idrc.info/2017/