The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) and its project office – United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) CIFAL Jeju/Jeju International Training Center (JITC) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) and Global Education and Training Institute (GETI) and Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030), with support from the Incheon Metropolitan City and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) of the Republic of Korea, will virtually organise the 5th Joint Certificate Programme of the Online Workshop on Effective Governance and Finance for Disaster Risk Reduction, Local Resilience and Climate Action on 17 -19 June 2025. .
The Workshop will introduce concepts and tools to help ensure effective governance, disaster-related data management, planning and finance mobilization for local-level disaster risk reduction (DRR), resilience and climate action. It will provide a comprehensive understanding of concepts, tools and approaches for risk understanding and loss and damage assessment, integrated planning, institutional strengthening across different levels of governance, as well as finance mechanisms to support disaster risk reduction and climate action, with particular focus on response to loss and damage.
This edition of the workshop will feature several innovative tools designed to support countries in strengthening climate and disaster risk governance. In particular, the workshop will explore practical tools for local climate resilience planning and gap assessment developed under the MCR2030 initiative. In addition, participants will pilot the draft Climate Readiness Assessment Tool developed by UN DESA, which is intended to help governments assess institutional gaps and identify capacity development needs related to climate resilience.
Objectives
The online workshop, while promoting risk-informed planning, governance and finance, will:
– Improve understanding of key DRR concepts and support localization and implementation of the Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030;
– Enhance familiarity with Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) resources to enhance local resilience, and explore related tools for assessing climate resilience at the local level in support of evidence-based risk reduction and resilience planning;
– Promote data-driven, evidence-based decision-making and investment through disaster-related data frameworks and monitoring systems that enable robust understanding and analysis of disaster risk and losses and damages;
– Gain knowledge on the global governance landscape for climate action and sustainable development and understand how international processes inform national planning;
– Identify key institutional barriers and entry points for strengthening policy coordination, coherence, and integration in support of effective governance for climate action;
– Provide an overview of the global DRR and climate finance landscape, with particular emphasis on supporting disaster-vulnerable countries in addressing loss and damage and strengthening resilience, including the recent establishment of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage;
– Strengthen knowledge of practical approaches and instruments for bolstering resilience to disaster risk and loss and damage, with special attention to newly developed frameworks, mechanisms and comprehensive monitoring systems, including the Santiago Network and the enhanced Disaster Tracking System (DTS).
