Japan & Netherlands Join Resilient Cities Initiative

Two countries at the forefront of global disaster risk management efforts joined with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in an innovative partnership to strengthen urban resilience

The Netherlands' Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment and the Japan Bosai Platform (JBP), a business association representing 119 small to large corporations based in Japan, and UNISDR, agreed to develop a means to link suppliers of resilience building tools and services with the cities that need them.

In a ‘Statement of Cooperation for Implementation of Resilient Cities Connect', the three partners will connect cities, development partners and businesses to exchange their knowledge, services and capacities to accelerate public and private actions to reduce risks in cities.

The Special Envoy for International Water Affairs of the Netherlands, Mr Henk Ovink said: "The Resilient Cities Connect aims to help public and private partners to substantially reduce risk and disaster losses, in lives and in the social, economic and environmental assets of communities and countries. It literally bridges the gaps between governments and businesses and builds trust through a better understanding."

The President of the Japan Bosai Platform (JBP), Mr Naohiro Nishiguchi said: "We are ready to design the infrastructure and process to connect potential local government needs to reduce risks with private sector solutions or innovate and generate new solutions, if necessary, to a specific disaster risk reduction measures."

Source: UNISDR

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