10, 17 February 2022 | UCLG ASPAC has been promoting the importance of disaster risk reduction, management, and resilience throughout its works and collaboration with its global partners. In cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), UCLG ASPAC has been promoting Disaster Risk Reduction and the Making Cities Resilient (MCR) 2030 to engage more and more cities to commit and prioritise the resilience aspect. Eyeing for the same vision and commitment, UCLG ASPAC has organised a series of virtual roadshow for cities and local governments in the Asia-Pacific region. This year, cities in Indonesia got the first turn.
A total of six webinars have been scheduled in six batch (following six regions) collaboration with National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) of Indonesia and Association of Indonesia Municipalities (Asosiasi Pemerintah Kota Seluruh Indonesia/APEKSI). Cities are invited to make resilience as priority and join the MCR2030 platform to help them monitor the progress.
In the opening of virtual roadshow for region 1 and 2 of APEKSI, UCLG ASPAC Secretary General, Dr. Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, emphasised on the importance for cities to become more resilient. With the MCR2030 as the platform, UCLG ASPAC hopes that this will become the beginning of cities’ resilience journey.
The Director of Strategy Development and Preparedness of BNPB, Dr. Agus Wibowo, also emphasised on the importance of cities to join the MCR2030 as the platform will help city to share their experience and learn from stakeholders to become more resilient. The Executive Director of APEKSI, Mr. Alwis Rustam encouraged cities to be part of MCR2030 as it will help the development of the resiliency in the cities in general. The event also brought the case studies of Padang City and Pacitan Regency to share their experiences in joining the MCR 2030 to the participants.
The virtual roadshows are expected to bring local governments in Indonesia to make commitment, join MCR2030 platform, and together demonstrate Sendai Framework Indonesia’s global commitment to Disaster Risk Reduction, including at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) event in Bali in May 2022.
In the process, UCLG ASPAC along with UNDRR, its regional core partner of MCR2030 will assist the implementation of MCR2030, primarily supporting at the strategic level by providing high-level inputs to ensure the strategy stays on track and integrated according to key success measures. In addition, core partners will actively support MCR2030 by serving as peer reviewers and mentors as well as playing both partnership-brokering and advocacy-making roles.
