CITYNET Yokohama Project Office

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Mission

To connect urban actors and deliver tangible solutions for cities across the Asia Pacific region.

Voluntary Commitments

The Sendai Framework Commitments (SFVC) online platform serves to incentivize stakeholders to inform the public about their work, to provide a vehicle for sharing commitments and initiatives and for motivation toward the implementation of the Sendai Framework. In turn, UNDRR can monitor and take stock of the progress and impact.

CITYNET Yokohama Project Office is involved in the following commitments:

Regional - Asia, Japan, Philippines

Active

5 February 2024

Makati First Responder's Training through City-to-City Cooperation

This city-to-city cooperation initiative between Yokohama and Makati transferred the necessary practical skills to effectively and efficiently manage the response tactics of the first responders of Makati. The training was conducted in both Yokohama and Makati for two years.

National (or local) - Nepal

Completed

8 December 2023

Bosai Culture and Disaster Education in Nepal

This project is a replication of the previous project conducted by CityNet Yokohama Project Office to train teachers on DRR education and utilization of DRR educational kit. This project targeted rural municipalities in Nepal and was conducted online due to the ongoing pandemic.

National (or local) - Nepal

Completed

8 December 2023

Mitra Disaster Risk Reduction Learning Center

Nepal's first disaster risk reduction learning center aims to improve the knowledge sharing of disaster prevention activities in Nepal through schools and communities using creative and innovative tools introduced from Japan and localized in Nepal.

Regional - Asia

Completed

7 March 2022

CITYNET Disaster Cluster Annual Seminar

The CITYNET Disaster Cluster Seminar (DCS) is an annual seminar during which participants from local governments, industry, civil society organizations, and others working in DRR come together to share knowledge and best practices on DRR topics.

National (or local) - Japan, Nepal

Completed

2 December 2020

Training on Structural and Seismic Engineering between Japan and Nepal

A training project on knowledge-sharing between Japanese and Nepali Engineers to reduce future earthquake damages throughout Kathmandu and Nepal.

National (or local) - Philippines

Completed

7 December 2020

Community Based Adaptation and Resilience Against Disasters (CBARAD) in the City of Iloilo

This project effected community-level adaptation and resiliency schemes in the City of Iloilo in the Philippines and increased the awareness levels of citizens in order to create self-sustaining communities.

National (or local) - Nepal

Completed

20 February 2024

School Based Sustainable DRR Education and Material Development Project in Nepal

A project aimed to increase DRR education and knowledge throughout communities in Nepal, focusing on providing DRR education toolkits and capacity building to teachers, and thus children, their families, and the community.

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Training event

Online

22 June 2022 - 31 August 2022

Kobe

Japanese case studies on creative approaches to strengthening societal resilience

Live online Courses for CityNet members to share creative methods of solving social issues through the introduction of specific examples, particularly for strengthening resilience* of the society as a whole.

Meetings and conferences

Online

18 November 2020

13th CityNet disaster cluster seminar

This webinar is targeted for local government DRR professionals and experts from related fields in the Asia-Pacific region. The two sessions are as follows: