The Second SISRI Practitioners' Network meeting was held in Cancun, Mexico, on May 21-23, 2017 on the sidelines of UNISDR’s Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction. More than 80 participants representing 34 small island states (SIDS) came together to share solutions on climate and disaster resilient development. A key outcome of the meeting is that it strengthened peer-to-peer learning on practical solutions to the climate and disaster challenges SIDS face with respect to their people, economies and ecosystems.
The program for the meeting was developed jointly with practitioners from SIDS to ensure that the knowledge and lessons most relevant to their work was being shared. The meeting also included presentations of innovative designs and solutions being implemented in small island states by experts and practitioners from all over the world.
The meeting covered a range of topics on climate and disaster resilient development divided in six sessions. See the links below for the presentations.
Session 1: Public Policies and Strategies on Resilience and Links to SDGs, the Sendai Framework and the Paris Agreement
Cook Islands | Grenada | Guinea-Bissau | Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese) | Haiti | Haiti (French) | Saint Lucia | Samoa
Session 2: Coastal Areas, Ecosystem and Community Resilience
Belize | Micronesia | Jamaica | Kiribati | Mauritius | Marshall Islands | Solomon Islands
Session 3A: Parallel Sessions on Tools & Innovations: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Matthew
Haiti | Haiti (French) | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Session 3B: Parallel Sessions on Tools & Innovations: Effective Data and Information Sharing
Cabo Verde | Maldives | Pacific Community | Vanuatu
Session 3C: Parallel Sessions on Tools & Innovations: Risk-Based Spatial Planning
Marshall Islands | Jamaica | Suriname
Session 3D: Parallel Sessions on Tools & Innovations: Effective Project Management
Session 4: Institutional Strengthening and Coordination
Seychelles | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese) | Tonga
Session 5: Early Warning and Preparedness
Cuba (Spanish) | Dominica | Madagascar | Tonga | Tuvalu | Vanuatu
Session 6: Success in Accessing and Securing Scaled-up Financing for Resilience