Events

CUDRR+R participated at the Fourth Forum of Territorial Managers and Training Institutes in Africa to present the new UCLG – UN-Habitat- UNDRR Learning Module on Resilient Cities and Territories. The learning module authored by Ebru Gencer aims to support local governments and their associations to fulfill the localization of the Sendai Framework for DRR in order to reduce risk and …

CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer was a panelist the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Session on Climate Change and Urban Displacement at Berlin Security Conference on September 2020. The Session moderated by IIED’s Lucy Earle focused on risks and opportunities rising from the new reality of climate change displacement. Interesting case examples included Uganda, Somalia, Kenya and Bangladesh. Ebru Gencer made a presentation …

CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer attended the Annual Steering Committee Meeting of the Making Cities Resilient Campaign that took place during the Barcelona Resilience Week in the auspices of the UN-Habitat’s Urban Resilience Hub. Since its launch in 2010, the Making Cities Resilient Campaign has been serving to support local governments and cities reduce disaster risk and build resilience towards shocks and …

CUDRR+R’s Board Member, Esra Akcan has published a new book entitled Open Architecture: Migration, Citizenship and the Urban Renewal of Berlin-Kreuzberg by IBA-1984-87 (Birkhäuser, 2018). Esra Akcan’s new book explores the implications of the concept of “open” as a common metaphor in the era of global connections, and as a foundational modern value albeit prone to contradictions. It defines open architecture as the translation …

CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer was a panelist at IPCC Cities Science Conference in Edmonton, Canada that took place between March 5-7, 2018. Along with other panelists from UN-Habitat, GZI, World Resources Institute, and the UN Secretary General’s office, Ebru Gencer presented the interlinkages of global frameworks and how they can translate into action for climate resilient development. For a list of …

CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer was a panelist at the UN Youth Assembly 2018. Over the course of three days, February 14-16, 2018, the Youth Assembly brought together 1,200 delegates from nearly 100 different countries around the world in a meaningful dialogue with key players in various industries and sectors. Delegates learned practical skills and gained fresh insights into the global challenges …

CUDRR+R participated at the International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) at Columbia University in New York, on September 18-19, 2017.  At ICSD, Wesley Rhodes made a poster presentation on CUDRR+R and partners’ project “Participatory Planning for Climate Resilient Development in Latin America” as part of the Climate Resilient Cities Initiative. For full list of presentations and abstracts, please see ICSD …

CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer attended the Stockholm Security Conference organized by SIPRI and MSB Swedish Civil Contingency Agency that took place 13-15 September in Stockholm. Ebru Gencer was part of a panel of discussions on Implementing the Sendai Framework at Municipal Level, chaired by President of the Swedish Red Cross and former Special Representative of the Secretary General on Disaster Risk …

As part of its CDKN/FFLA/IDRC funded project on Participatory Planning for Resilient Development in Latin American Cities, CUDRR+R, together with project partners, IIED-AL and ALTERRA, and local partners, the City of Santa Ana and PRISMA, is holding a workshop on Climate Resilient Development in Santa Ana, El Salvador. The morning portion of the workshop on Thursday, May 11 will be …

Dr. Ebru Gencer, Executive Director of CUDRR+R, will present on “Innovative governance at different urban scales” at the UN Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador. For more information about this event please visit, https://habitat3.org

  Ebru Gencer was a panelist for the DRRLive Conference: The 2015 Landmark Agreements – Building a Gender-Inclusive Path for Implementation  that took place at UN Women on September 15, 2016. This event explored the role of gender and specifically the empowerment of women and girls within the major international agreements within the United Nations system (The Sendai Framework for …

  During the week of April 18-22, CUDRR+R hosted Professor Giulio Zuccaro and researcher Mattia Leone from the PLINIVS Study Centre for Hydrogeological, Volcanic and Seismic Engineering at the University of Naples Federerico II, in Italy. Zuccaro and Leone made presentations on the activities of the PLINIVS Centre including both Seismic and Volcanic Risk Assessments as well as the first …

Ebru Gencer will speak at the GEOGRAPHY 2050: Exploring Our Future in an Urbanized World. The Conference, hosted by the Earth Institute at Columbia University will take place on November 19-20, 2015. Dr. Gencer will speak at the Plenary Session on Cities at Risk of Disaster on November 20. For more information about the Conference and to register, please see http://www.geography2050.org/

CUDRR+R’s Esra Akcan will moderate a panel that will discuss the exhibition “Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955–1980,” displayed at the Museum of Modern Art. After Barry Bergdoll’s presentation on his experience of co-curating the exhibition, Mary Kate O’Hare, the curator of the award winning exhibition “Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America” (Newark Museum, 2010), and Zeuler …

CUDRR+R will be at the Lloyd’s Register Foundation workshop on Resilience Engineering. Stevens Institute, New Jersey, USA, April 15th-17th, 2015

CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer and Jaroslav Mysiak are attending the WCDRR in Sendai, Japan Ebru Gencer will present, on behalf of UPAG, “Urban Planning Advisory Group – Delivering the Urban Challenges” at the Local Authorities Roundtable on March 13 (15.00-18.00) at Sendai International Centre, 2F, Room 1&2. She will also join the announcement of the New Ten Essentials of the Making …