Category: Blog
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Mandaue Resilience 101 (R101)
[LOOK] Mandaue moves forward in its resilience journey! Participants from various local government offices joined the Resilience 101 last June 27-28, at the SP Session Hall. Resilience 101, a capacity building training under the Adopt-A-City Initiative, introduced to the participants the concepts of risk and resilience and their integration into leadership and governance. The training…
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SHIELD Partners’ Dialogue with Albay Province
[LOOK] The SHIELD Programme held a Partners’ Dialogue with Albay Province to mark a significant milestone in their recovery following the Mayon Volcano unrest in 2023 and underscore the importance of multistakeholder partnerships and resource mobilization in accelerating recovery efforts. Read more go.undp.org/Z8M The Dialogue’s key points included the recovery plan for those in the…
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TRANSFORM “Quezon City LGU commitment for TRANSFORM”
#EnvironmentForLife || The Quezon City (QC) local government unit has pledged its commitment to work with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and its implementing partners of Project TRANSFORM (Transdisciplinary Approach for Resilience and Environmental Sustainability through Multistakeholder Engagement) during the #EarthDay celebration on April 22 at the QC City Hall. This partnership…
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Mandaue Exploratory Engagement for Adopt-A-City
LOOK: National Resilience Council (NRC) Strengthens Contextualized Approach through Adopt-A-City (AAC) initiative. The NRC fellows, Dr. Gregory Tangonan and Dr. Emma Porio, met with stakeholders from the University of San Carlos- Water Resources Center (USC-WRC), Mandaue City Disaster Risk Management Office (MDRRMO), Mandaue City Comprehensive National High school (MCCNHS), and the Desalination plant in Cordova…
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Anticipatory Technologies
LOOK: Climate, Young People, Community, and the Arts of the TECHNOLOGIES FOR ANTICIPATORY ACTION: Innovations for Climate and Disaster Resilience Exhibit and Conference For the last day of the 3-day Exhibit and Conference, focus is given on the intersections between the youth, community, and arts in climate action. With Ms. Jessica Dator-Bercilla, Science Resilience Fellow…
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SHIELD SAMBAYANIHAN Capacity Assessment
ICYMI: The National Resilience Council (NRC) together with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PSBP) and other implementing partners of the Strengthening Institutions and Empowering Localities Against Disasters and Climate Change or SHIELD Programme, conducted a Joint Capacity Assessment Activity in five program areas: Quezon, Albay, Eastern Samar, Davao Oriental, and Agusan Del Norte, last…
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SHIELD Year-Starter Planning with the SHIELD Consortium
ICYMI: YEAR-STARTER PLANNING WITH THE SHIELD CONSORTIUM The two-day Year-Starter Planning of the Strengthening Institutions and Empowering Localities against Disasters and Climate Change (SHIELD) Programme gathered key stakeholders from DILG, Provincial local government units, along with the Consortium Partners convened by the UNDP. Together, they collectively identified priorities, allocated resources, and created an implementation roadmap,…
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Iligan Academic Partner Orientation and Prepare Phase Baselining
LOOK: National Resilience Council (NRC), together with the MSU-IIT teamed up to revitalize roles in the Adopt-A-City program and conducted a baseline consolidation during the Prepare Phase, with the primary goal of minimizing the loss of lives and assets. The NRC team, led by Resilience Fellow Mr. Juan “Bong” Villamor, kicked off the 3-day activities…
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Mandaue “MOU Signing” for Adopt-A-City
City Government of Mandaue, NRC, and partners pledges partnership for resilient city In a significant step towards building a more resilient Mandaue city, the National Resilience Council (NRC) and the City Government of Mandaue, together with Vivant Foundation Inc. (VFI), Visayan Electric Company (VECO), University of San Carlos (USC), and Carlos P. Romulo Foundation (CPRF),…