This October 14-18, Oxfam Pilipinas along with our partners from across the confederation and our local humanitarian partners are joining the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 (APMCDRR) hosted by the Government of the Philippines and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila.
This October 14-18, Oxfam Pilipinas along with our partners from across the confederation and our local humanitarian partners are joining the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 (APMCDRR) hosted by the Government of the Philippines and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila.
The APMCDRR is the main platform in Asia and the Pacific to monitor, review and enhance cooperation for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 at the regional level. It aims to bring together governments, intergovernmental, international, national and civil society organizations, the private sector, science, academia and stakeholder groups to accelerate progress in reducing disaster risk.
Oxfam is harnessing APMCDRR 2024 to amplify its main advocacy calls:
1. Advocate for Anticipatory Action
2. Gender-Differentiated Impacts of Disasters
3. Focus on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Philippines
4. Build national resilience and minimize the socio-economic impacts of disasters
The Asia-Pacific Action Plan 2024-207 for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFRDRR) 2015-2030 recognizes that inequality and discrimination compound each other, creating a new type or level of disadvantage and risk. Eight years into its implementation, the Sendai Monitor for the Asia-Pacific region showed an increase in the comprehensive understanding of risk; a stronger approach to risk governance, including the integration of inclusion and intersectionality; and better preparedness and response, particularly in terms of early warning-early action, or anticipatory action (AA).
However, in the 2024 World Risk Index Report, six of the top ten most at-risk countries to multiple crises in the world belong to Asia. The Philippines, host of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR), has topped the list for three straight years even as it is one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia. Economic growth does not amount to increased spending for reducing a nation’s risk and exposure to disasters, but should be used as a leverage to invest in DRR-and protect hard-win development gains.
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17 October 2024 | 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Meeting Room 5, Philippine International Convention Center
This moderated talk show brings together the expertise and initiatives of Asia-Pacific civil society organizations networks (CSOs), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) through their Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) to tackle, at local level, the urgent challenges of disaster risk reduction and climate resilience in the Asia-Pacific region. The highly interactive session emphasizes the vital roles of CSOs and local leaders, especially women, in working with local and national governments and gathering international support and the private sector to bolster local level disaster and climate resilience.
Speakers will crystallize the everyday issues of local communities into a disaster and climate resilience agenda, gathering insights, commitments and inspiration for action from audiences inside and outside this partner event.
Speakers from Pacific Island countries, Nepal, and Philippines, will share authentic local voices and the strategies to better articulate and amplify them to build robust and viable partnerships that increase the chances of successful pathways to replication and scaling up of local disaster and climate resilience.
The Ignite Stage is a platform for engagement, inspiring change, sharing and learning new techniques to accelerate disaster risk reduction and build greater resilience. The talks are organized in a TED-talk format with speakers given 15 minutes to present.
This year, speakers from Oxfam and its JAGO NARI and SKS Foundation will be presenting the following topics:
15 October 2024
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Speaker: Syed Shahnawaz Ali (Country Director, Oxfam in Pakistan)
16 October 2024
1:20 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Speakers: Samima Nasrin Santa (Project Officer, JAGO NARI) and Khandoker Zahid Shorwar (Deputy Director of Development Programs, SKS Foundation)
16 October 2024
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Speaker: Zeeshan Mahr (Regional Programme Manager, Oxfam America)
Visit the joint exhibition booth (Booth P11) of Oxfam Pilipinas and Oxfam in Indonesia where you can talk with out team members about Oxfam’s work regionally and read inspiring case stories on community-led disaster risk-reduction and anticipatory action from Indonesia and the Philippines.
We will also be featuring digital copies of select reports and publications and showcasing videos of our work in enhancing resilience.
Visitors can also take a photo with our Oxfam photowall and our advocacy cards to amplify our calls for inclusive DRR policies and support for anticipatory action. Visitors can also get free stickers, postcards and other items so be sure to stop by our booth!
Kisah Petualang Tangguh: Perjalanan Menuju Resiliensi Di Timur Indonesia
Oxfam in Indonesia
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ACT Community Agriculture Improvement Consultancy
CIS Timor, Oxfam in Indonesia
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From Vulnerability to Vigilance: ACT Project’s Youth and Women Leaders in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
CIS Timorm, Oxfam in Indonesia
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LDRRMF Utilization Patterns and Opportunities For Improvement
Oxfam Pilipinas
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Sharpening Harmonized Action for Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Recovery (SHARPER) Project Case Stories
SIKAT, PDDRN, ACT, Oxfam Pilipinas
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Sharpening Harmonized Action for Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Recovery (SHARPER) Project Case Stories
SIKAT, PDDRN, ACT, Oxfam Pilipinas
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Gendered Dimensions of Loss and Damage in Asia
Oxfam in Asia
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Loss and Damage to Land: Voices from Asia
Oxfam in Asia
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Are you a journalist, media organization, or digital content creator attending or covering the APMCDRR? We’d love to talk to you about our advocacies and campaigns on anticipatory action, community-led disaster resilience, supporting local humanitarian leadership, the gender-differentiated impacts of disaster and more!
For press inquiries and interviews, please contact Robin Bustamante (Senior Officer for Communication and Information Management, Oxfam Pilipinas) at robin.bustamante@oxfam.org.ph.
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