Building Disaster Resilience at Global and National Levels (24 September, 2021)
Event Title (Date): Building Disaster Resilience at Global and National Levels (24 September, 2021)
Fourth co-host: Australia and the United Kingdom
Content of Workshop: Since the GCTF’s 2015 program launch, this is the third humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) workshop under the GCTF. 135 HADR officials and experts from 34 countries shared best practices for community resilience capacity building, technology applications for disaster risk management, recovery and reconstruction revitalization processes, and mechanisms for disaster risk finance.
Key Attendees: AIT Director Sandra Oudkirk, Minister of Science and Technology Wu Tsung-Tsong, Deputy Foreign Minister Tseng Ho-jen, JTEA Chief Representative Hiroyasu Izumi, British Office Representative John Dennis, and Australia Office Representative Jennifer Bloomfield
Number of Participating Countries: 34 countries