14-18/3/2015- Call for nominations: World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai, Japan)

At the request of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), theUnited Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) is conducting an open process to obtain nominations for a select number of civil society speakers and participants in the official segments of the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR), which will take place 14-18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. This process seeks nominations for 2 speakers in high-level multi-stakeholder partnership dialogues, and 5 participants in Ministerial round table discussions. Travel funding for a total of 23 civil society representatives is available through this process.

The objectives of the World Conference are:
1.To complete assessment and review of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action;
2.To consider the experience gained through the regional and national strategies/institutions and plans for disaster risk reduction and their recommendations as well as relevant regional agreements within the implementation of the Hyogo Framework of Action;
3.To adopt a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction;
4.To identify modalities of cooperation based on commitments to implement a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction;
5.To determine modalities to periodically review the implementation of a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.

Anyone can nominate representatives of civil society organizations via this process. However, please kindly note: this process is not open to candidates of the corporate private sector.

For complete information about this process, and to submit candidates, please click here: http: drive.google.com

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