MENA Workshop on Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: Building Urban Resilience

On December 16-18th the MENA Urban Disaster Risk Reduction & Management workshop was held in Beirut as the last of a regional series of workshop/consultations in 2013. The workshop was supported by the IFRC Urban DRR/DM programme and the IFRC MENA office to:

1. To achieve better and deeper understanding of the urban contexts including challenges, opportunities and priorities in MENA for Red Cross and Red Crescent DRR/DM interventions and programmes
2. To make recommendations on the appropriate approach and methodology through which the MENA NSs can engage effectively in urban DRR/DM
3. To make recommendations on the cooperation among high risk cities of MENA on urban DRR/DM

The MENA regional workshop on Urban DRR/DM brought National Societies from highly disaster prone megacities of MENA region as well as other stakeholders, to discuss the current status of urban vulnerabilities and Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) priorities for urban DRR/DM in MENA region. The workshop targeted the megacities of the MENA region, Tehran, Beirut, Cairo, Marrakech and their respective National Societies.