“I would like us all to reflect on how we can capitalize on this opportunity to build synergies, learn from peer experiences and promote best practices in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction,” he said.

UNDRR facilitates City-to-City exchange initiatives intended to ignite collaboration and formalize networks between cities to learn from global and regional practices on disaster and climate resilience.

Since the launch of the Making Cities Resilient Campaign ten years ago, various exchanges of experiences and dialogues on disaster risk reduction have taken place both between Arab and other local governments from  Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

“I hope we all benefit from this experience and share our best practices on dealing with floods and sea level rise as Tunisia and Mauritania have similar risks and culture” said Mr. Taleb Mahjoub, Mayor of Tevragh Zeina

Director General at the Ministry of Environment and Local Affairs in Tunisia, Mr. Hedi Chebili highlighted that Tunisia is looking forward to the creation of a strong network of cooperation between the cities and municipalities of Tunisia, Mauritania and Potenza.

There was a consensus among all the panelists and participants that the city-to-city exchange is a great opportunity to disseminate best practices and find innovative solution to reduce disaster risk and enhance community resilience.

Date:

16 Jul 2019

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States (UNDRR ROAS)

Themes:

Urban Risk & Planning

Regions:

Africa, Europe