People, Policy, and Partnership for Disaster Resilient Development

The National Alliance of Disaster Risk Reduction (NADRR) was launched at a two-day workshop held in New Delhi on November 3rd and 4th, 2007. The workshop brought together over 150 participants representing disaster-affected communities, civil society organizations, networks, international humanitarian organizations, academics, research and training institutions and policymakers. In addition to the Indian participants, there were also civil society representatives from other South Asian countries Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bangladesh. The two day event, “People, Policy and Partnerships for Disaster Resilient Development,” focused on sharing lessons and building partnerships to scale up community-led disaster reduction initiatives.