French Association for Disaster Risk Reduction (AFPCN)

Alongside the International Disaster Reduction Conference on 25-29 August in Davos, a workshop was organized by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) for and the European Network of National Platforms (AFPCN / PLANAT / DKKV), together with national platforms from eight developing countries: Bangladesh, Jordan, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru, Senegal and Tajikistan. An opportunity for contacts and exchanges.

Speeches and lectures by participants

• Introduction, by Barbara Dätwyler Scheuer (SDC)
• Integration of Climatic Change in Risk Management: a French Approach, by Paul-Henri Bourrelier
• The Role of National Platforms as part of a Sustainable Institutional Structure, by Alain Lambert (PNUD)
• Presentation of coordination mechanisms in different countries:
• Bangladesh
• France
• Germany
• Jordan
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Nicaragua
• Peru
• Senegal
• Switzerland
• Tadjikistan

References

	Networking of National Platforms on the Regional Level, by Philippe Boullé
	Integrating climate change adaptation in disaster risk reduction: a French approach, by Paul-Henri Bourrelier (in French)
	Guidelines: national platforms for disaster risk reduction (English / French), ISDR
	How to create and run a platform?, by Planat
	SDC guidelines on disaster risk reduction (English / French), by SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)