CUDRR+R’s Executive Director, Dr. Ebru Gencer, both attended and presented at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun, Mexico, which took place May 22-26, 2017.
Dr. Gencer presented at the Preparatory Day session, “DRR Governance at the Local Level.” The session was chaired by Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga of the University of Huddersfield, UK. She was also a workshop participant at the Capacity Development Consultation Seminar chaired by UNISDR GETI.
Images: Dr. Gencer and colleagues at the Preparatory Day session, “DRR Governance at the Local Level”
Dr. Gencer furthermore participated as a speaker in “Promoting Land Use and Spatial Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction,” a working session chaired by Rolando Ocampo (Vice President, INEGI-Mexico and co-chair of United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM)) and Dan Lewis (Chief of Urban Risk Reduction, UN-HABITAT). To watch a video of the session, click here.
