Events
The Swiss NGO DRR Platform organises 1-day learning events, annual F2F workshops and webinars addressed to DRR and CCA practitioners of member organisations and other interested institutions.
Upcoming events
Past events
2021
Linking concepts, connecting stakeholders, strengthening resilience
Virtual practitioner workshop 8.30 am - 12 pm
Virtual Public Discussion 16.00 – 17.30h
2020
Practitioners Exchange Workshop: Experiences of Swiss NGOs with the Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Virtual Zoom Meeting, 13.00h – 15.00h
Webinar: Leaving no one behind
Webinar, 09:00h – 10:30h (CET)
Webinario Nexo ayuda humanitaria-desarrollo – con enfoque América Latina
Webinar, 09.00h-10.00h (CST)/ 17.00h-18.00h (CET)
Webinar: Humanitarian – Development Nexus – Focus on Africa
Learning event registration:Humanitarian-Development Nexus, Focus Africa
Webinar, 11.30-12.30 CET
Webinar: Humanitarian – Development Nexus – Focus on Asia
Webinar, 9-10am (CET)
Webinar: Effective Advocacy for DRR and CCA
Webinar, 13:00-14:00 GMT
2019
Webinar: Presentation of useful Platform Products: Reports, Guidance, Tools
Webinar, 10:30-12:00 GMT
Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (LRRD)
Berne
2018
Background What are people’s stories behind disasters and climate change and how to tell them to decision makers? Climate change and disasters count as key impediments to sustainable development with the brunt still borne by the most vulnerable in the global South. On the other hand, appropriate climate and disaster risk management can unlock social […]
Practitioners workshop, Spiez
Public Day, Berne
DRR and Fragility
Berne
DRR and Water
Berne
DRR and Education
Berne
Webinar: DRR and CCA Basics for Mainstreaming
2 pm
Webinar: Ecosystem-based DRR
2 pm
2017
Background So-called grey solutions; conventional civil engineering infrastructure for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are often used to mitigate disaster impacts and protect people and assets. Nature-based solutions, on the other hand, refer to solutions using nature and its ecosystems services, which can complement or even replace grey measures as they are increasingly recognized as being more […]
Workshop, Spiez
Public Day, Berne
Webinar: DRR and CCA Basics for Mainstreaming
11:00-12:30 (CET)
DRR and CCA Basics for Mainstreaming
Zurich
Inclusive DRR
Zurich
Urban DRR
Berne
Making Climate Change tangible for strategic Adaptation Planning – The Climate Corridor Approach
Berne
2016
Background Urban disaster risk reduction and resilience building are becoming increasingly relevant as already more than 50% of the global population resides in cities and urbanization particularly in mid-sized cities of Africa and Asia is on the rise. While offering a broad spectre of opportunities, urbanization also comes along with often unplanned city development which […]
Thun and Berne
DRR and Education
Zurich
DRR and Technology
Berne
DRR and CCA Basics for Mainstreaming
Zurich
WOCAT Training-of-Trainers (ToT)
Berne
Integrating DRR into Market System Development (MSD) Projects
Berne
Resilience
Berne
2015
Background Water-related disasters – mainly floods – account for 90% of all disasters, jeopardizing sustainable development especially in low and middle income countries. Nevertheless floods are manageable; Tools, models, forecasts, structural measures etc. to substantially reduce damages exist but are often not effectively used and incorporated into integrated approaches. The workshop offers water, disaster risk […]
Freienhof Thun
DRR & small-scale Agriculture (Adapted Seeds and Varieties)
Zurich
DRR Indicators
Berne
DRR in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings
Berne
2014
DRR in Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Zurich
