DATE: 26 NOVEMBER 2020
TIME: 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
VENUE: VIA VIRTUAL PLATFORM (CISCO WEBEX)
The Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Center (DPPC), Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will be organizing the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Virtual Seminar Series 1 2020 entitled “Towards Achieving the Global Agenda of UNDRR Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030“. Theme of this event is “Rejuvenating DRR Resilience Strategies and Accelerating the Decade for Action“. This event is jointly organized in conjunction with the 5-years anniversary of our disaster center (DPPC), and the Master of Disaster Risk Management (MDRM) program. DRM Virtual Seminar Series 2020 aims at exchanging some best practices, benchmarking cost-effective methods, and exploring strategic solutions for timely, rapid response and build-back better and faster. We also address the global demand and local actions as a result of dual challenges of climate-induced disaster risk and COVID-19 pandemic. We are also happy to promote a multi-stakeholder approach in addressing systemic risk, DRR investment, and risk-informed sustainable development in a changing climate.