Capacity Building Seminar on Collaborative Approaches and Solutions to Disasters Management Challenges for SIDS

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), in collaboration with the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) and other UN agencies, organized the Capacity Building Seminar on "Collaborative Approaches and Solutions to Disasters Management Challenges for SIDS Municipalities in the Context of Sustainable Development" in Singapore. The overarching focus of the seminar was on identifying major challenges in Disasters Risk Reduction efforts in SIDS municipalities. It also looked at capacity building for resilience and at various issues including best practices and lessons learned in infrastructure, community-based solutions, finance and resource mobilization and partnerships with private sector. The Head of UNOSD, Dr. Jong-Soo Yoon chaired the session on "Recovery and Rebuilding Communities" which addressed priority areas for recovery and rebuilding communities including integrating disaster risk reduction criteria as a cross-cutting measure and the importance of community-based owner-driven reconstruction.