STUDY TOUR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT (DRRM) FOR MINEMA & WFP RWANDA

In the ever-changing landscape of our planet, nature disasters have become a recurring global challenge. This continent-to continent program explores a new insight into the multi-scale disaster risk reduction (DRR) agenda and disaster resilience strategies for managing emerging hazards, systemic risk, and compound disaster in a climate change. The study visit on the disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) for the Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA) Rwanda and the World Food Programme (WFP) is coorganized by the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA), Prime Minister’s Department and Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Center (DPPC), Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur was held in the period of 27 August till 03 September 2023.

This multi-tier program explores design options and integration of programme interventions and information systems for effective implementation of disaster risk reduction and management interventions to reaffirm our commitment to the global agenda and rejuvenate our local action as stated in the UNDRR, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, Paris Agreement, and 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development. This visit is an activity supported through a WFP internal Global South-South Cooperation Trust Fund. It promotes peer learning among host governments in the Global South to accelerate their progress towards zero hunger.