The 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in Cancun, Mexico on 22-26 May. It is the first time that the Global Platform Session is hosted outside Geneva. There are more than 5,000 participants expected, including policy makers and disaster risk managers.
The Global Platform is being held biennially since 2007 and it is one of the world’s biggest gatherings of disaster risk reduction stakeholders. It brings together government officials as well as leaders from the private sector, science and civil society and it facilitates the dialogue among them. The Platform also aims to establish a stronger and more sustainable movement towards disaster risk reduction and create new alliances for the investment, development and use of tools applied in disaster risk reduction.
UN-SPIDER will take part in the Global Platform Session as it has done in previous occasions, and is working with the partners of the Global Partnership using Space Technology Applications for Risk Reduction (GP-STAR) to showcase the usefulness of space-based information in disaster risk reduction efforts.
For more information please visit: http://www.unisdr.org/conferences/2017/globalplatform/en
Registration: http://www.unisdr.org/conferences/2017/globalplatform/registration/form/register?lang=en
