Innovation for Earthquake Resilience and Response in the Philippines: Workshop 2
Tue, Feb 19
|Quezon City
For teams who have found an applicable solution, we will help you to analyse where the solution might need to be adapted, & how implementing organizations might need to change to accommodate it. Where existing solutions do not exist, we will seek to develop ideas of what a solution could look like.
Time & Location
Feb 19, 2019, 9:00 AM – Feb 21, 2019, 5:00 PM
Quezon City, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
About the event
CONVENING INITIATIVE
INNOVATION FOR EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE AND RESPONSE IN THE PHILIPPINES
According to the World Risk Report in 2016, the Philippines is the third most vulnerable country to disasters. The country lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire where 80% of earthquakes occur, and the Metro Manila authorities are increasing preparations for the so-called ‘Big One’. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the fault moves every 400 to 600 years. It last moved in 1658, or 360 years ago.
The CDP-ATIH-HIF convening initiative aims to bring together civil society with academe, government and the private sector to explore unsolved problems in earthquake resilience and response in the Greater Metro Manila Area (GMMA), and develop new solutions and partnerships. Focusing on community and household resilience, and key preparatory measures in areas such as water, food, logistics, coordination and communications, two planned workshops will provide a forum…