Category: Blog
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Strengthening Resilience through Partnership, Policy, and Innovation!
Mr. Silvestre Barrameda Jr., Executive Director of the National Resilience Council (NRC), represented the organization at the 1st Bangsamoro DRRM Summit held on November 25–26, 2025. The summit brought together speakers and experts from government, civil society, international organizations, and the private sector to discuss strategies for strengthening disaster risk reduction and climate resilience in…
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The third year 3 of the Philippines Resilience Awards (PRA) was a success!
The PRA aims to honor resilience champions across various sectors and communities who have made significant contributions to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation—despite the complex and systemic challenges they face. In this year’s edition, we proudly recognized three resilience champions in the Women’s Category and five in the Youth Category. Mr.…
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Congratulations, Mr. Hans T. Sy!
The National Resilience Council (NRC) extends its heartfelt congratulations to its Co-Chairperson for the Private Sector and Chairman of the Executive Committee of SM Prime Holdings for being honored with the prestigious Management Person of the Year Award by the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP). MAP recognized Mr. Sy for his unwavering commitment to…
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Celebrating Resilient Barangays in Bataan!
Last November 11, the Province of Bataan proudly recognized the Top 14 Barangays that successfully accomplished the Barangay Resilience Building Scorecard (BRBS) under the Adapt Phase — a gamified version of the Resilient Local Government System Scorecard (RLGSS) for Cities and Provinces. Bataan is the first province among all LGUs implementing the BRBS, and it…
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Advancing Resilience in Tiwi: Transform Phase Contextualization, BRBS Adapt Phase, and Design Thinking
Strengthening community resilience in the Tiwi begins with a clear and coordinated approach—from understanding current realities to enhancing adaptive capacities and co-creating innovative solutions. Guided by this framework, the National Resilience Council (NRC), together with the MDDRMO, Tiwi’s Resilience Council, and barangay leaders, conducted a three-day workshop series integrating three core components: the contextualization of…
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Empowering Baguio City through Systemic Vision and Anticipatory Leadership
The National Resilience Council (NRC), in partnership with SM Prime, conducted a five-day series of workshops under the Adopt-A-City (AAC) Program on November 3–5 in Baguio City, bringing together representatives from the five resilience pillars (Human Development, Local Economy, Infrastructure, Environment, and Human Security) comprised of members of the DRRM Council, to strengthen local leadership…
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National Resilience Council (NRC) Advances Disaster Risk Reduction Innovation — Even Abroad!
From October 28 to 31, the National Resilience Council (NRC) proudly participated in the 2025 International Training Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction Innovation: Digitalized Disaster Governance in the AI Era. The workshop highlighted the growing role of digital and smart technologies—including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLMs), Big Data Analytics, the Internet of Things…
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Baguio City Unites Partners and Stakeholders to Strengthen Community Resilience
The National Resilience Council (NRC) is honored to participate in the first Cordillera Administrative Region Technical Conference on Strengthening Resilience in the Highlands: Synergizing Actions for Governance, Adaptation, and Native Heritage (SAGANA), held in Baguio City. Organized by the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), under the City Mayor’s Office, SAGANA serves as…
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Remaining steadfast in building a resilient Mandaue City
The National Resilience Council (NRC), together with the Vivant Foundation and the University of San Carlos, paid a courtesy call with the City Government of Mandaue last October 7, 2025. Mandaue City is one of the LGUs under the NRC’s Adopt-A-City Initiative (AAC), which promotes a whole-of-society approach by bringing together the public and private…