RESILIENHANCE platform

Enhancing the Resilience to Disasters for Sustainable Development

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Natural hazards and manmade accidents call for enhancing resilience to disasters as a fundamental prerequisite for sustainable development.

In a complex and interconnected world, in which uncertainty and surprises are the new normal, the capacity to face the changes and disruptions is becoming central. This challenge can be faced through the adoption of an intersectoral safety approach based on evaluation, anticipation and adaptation capabilities.

The RESILIENHANCE program launches an expert platform to explore effective ways and means for strengthening territorial resilience to adverse events and critical situations in the context of complexity and systemic risk.

The enhancement of resilience and safety allows societies to build a sustainable development characterized by a greater capacity to act proactively and to prevent and address future risks and crises.

To contribute actively to this process, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, the Central European Initiative and the UNESCO Chair on Intersectoral Safety for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience of the University of Udine are promoting the Resilienhance program. The program foresees the implementation of a series of activities aiming to link diverse viewpoints, expertise, and knowledges of experts in different disciplines contributing to resilience.

The resilienhance Platform  provides a space that facilitates interdisciplinary and intersectoral exchanges on the different aspects concerning resilience to disasters.

The platform fosters experts in discussing and proposing recommendations aiming at supporting risk-informed and resilient sustainable development.

The Platform focuses mainly on the resilience to disaster risk, as central driver in managing the challenges posed by systemic risk, climate change, natural hazards, man-made threats, COVID-19 pandemic, and also by the increased complexity and uncertainty that will characterize the future. Thinking and acting proactively for reducing risks and for increasing the capacity to face and cope surprises and unprecedented situations is one of the main challenges in building an effective resilience enhancement. The activities of the platform will provide an interdisciplinary and intersectoral contribution in this direction.

The Platform acts as a knowledge-sharing and knowledge-bridging tool. It operates with networks among scientists, policy-makers, and experts from CEI's Member States, United Nations and European, and regional and local institutions.

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First field trip of the ResiliEnhace Platform

Building on the momentum of the 2022 ResiliEnhance launch event, we are planning to continue the collaborative research approach at the base of the ResiliEnhance Platform, through retrospective post-event analyses of real disaster governance case studies using an evidence-based approach.

From November 6 to 7, the first field trip of the ResiliEnhance Platform in the Friuli area will focus on the case study of the reconstruction after the 1976 earthquake. Experts will analyze past disaster governance cases using a retrospective post-event evidence-based approach, to develop a comprehensive framework on enhancing resilience to disasters for sustainable development. A final debriefing and greetings from authorities will conclude the event.

The field trip, with its headquarters situated at the CISM, will encompass the area that was impacted by the Friuli Earthquake in 1976. The participants of the ResiliEnhance platform will analyse real-life disaster governance cases following four narratives, namely:

  1. THE MEMORY: history of an earthquake and its people
  2. USING THE PAST FOR THE PREPAREDNESS: a training and experimentation camp
  3. COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH: urban choices for the reconstruction
  4. ORGANIZATION FOR RESPONSE: the Regional Civil Protection structure and functions

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Launch event of the Resilienhace Platform

Project Co-financed under Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional funds (L.R18/2011) - CEI-FVG operative programme 756/2021

The launching event of the Resilienhance program will be held in Udine on 24 and 25 October 2022 in the form of networking and experience sharing event (RESILabex workshop).

The main objective of this workshop is to elaborate expert recommendations for strengthening territorial resilience to adverse events and critical situations in the context of complexity and systemic risk. The goal is to create a regional platform aiming to enhance resilience for supporting the achievement of the 2030 Global Agenda.

The workshop will be hosted by the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM).

Link to access to the portal for document sharing for participants.

RESILIENHANCE Platform repository for documents

Click on the image to login to the RESILIENHANCE Platform repository for sharing documents among experts of the Resilienhance portal. Only accredited users can access the repository.

List of participants

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Lucille Anglès

Coordinator for the Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector, Paris, France

Ingrid Belčáková

Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Development and Ecological Awareness, Technical University of Zvolen, Slovakia

Maria De America Bendito Torija

International senior consultant in disaster risk reduction, adaptation and resilience. UNESCO’s DRR Unit. Natural Sciences Sector. Paris, France

Nicola Casagli

Founder and Deputy Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Prevention and Sustainable Mitigation of Geo-hydrological Hazards, University of Florence, Italy

Daniela Di Bucci

International Relations and Activities Unit of the Italian Civil Protection Department Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Rome, Italy

Carlo Fortuna

Program Manager of the Central European Initiative, Trieste, Italy

Stefano Grimaz

Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Intersectoral Safety for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, SPRINT-Lab, University of Udine, Italy

Petra Malisan

Program Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Intersectoral Safety for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, SPRINT-Lab, University of Udine, Italy

Jadranka Mihaljević

Head of the Department of Engineering Seismology, Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology of Montenegro

Matjaž Mikoš

Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Ferenc Miszlivetz

Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage and Sustainability in Kőszeg, University of Pannonia, Hungary

Sebastien Penzini

Deputy Chief, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Brussels, Belgium

Aldo Primiero

Civil Protection of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy

Chiara Scaini

Researcher at the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysiscs, Italy

Zvonko Sigmund

Member of European Science & Technology Advisory Group (E-STAG), UNDRR, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, Croazia

Jasmina Stankova

Head of the Administration and Services Department - Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (IZIIS), Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia

Janusz Szpytko

Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology and Engineering Education, Krakow, Poland

Veronica Tofani

Program Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Prevention and Sustainable Management of Geo-Hydrological Hazards, University of Florence, Italy

Jair Torres

International senior consultant on disaster risk reduction, resilience, sustainability and adaptation, Paris, France

Radu Văcăreanu

UNESCO IPRED member, Rector of the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Romania

Dimiter Velev

Director of the Science Research Center for Disaster Risk Reduction, University of National and World Economy (UNWE), Sofia, Bulgaria

Plamena Zlateva

Leading Researcher of the Science Research Center for Disaster Risk Reduction, University of National and World Economy (UNWE), Sofia, Bulgaria


Photos of the launching event of the RESILIENHANCE platform

Agenda of the workshop

DAY 1 - Monday 24/10/2022

8.30-9.00

Registration and welcome to participants

9.00-9.50

Opening remarks
• UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (Head of Science Unit – Jonathan Baker)
• UNESCO HQ – SC/DRR (Chief of Diaster Risk Reduction Unit – Soichiro Yasukawa)
• United Nations Office for DRR (Regional Deputy Chief - Sebastien Penzini)
• Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (Regional Councillor for Labour, Training, Education, Research, University and Family – Alessia Rosolen)
• Central European Initiative (CEI Deputy Secretary General - Nina Kodelja)
• University of Udine (Rector – Roberto Pinton)

9.50-10.10

The needs for enhancing resilience

10.10-10.30

Coffee break

10.30-12.00

Acting for a safer and sustainable future: problems and challenges

12:00-12.30

Introduction on the expert meeting: goals/topics/organization

12.30-14.00

Lunch

14.00-15.30

Session 1 World Cafè: Exploring the field of action. Round tables

15.30-15.45

Coffee break

15.45-17.00

Session 1 World Cafè: Exploring the field of action. Round tables

17.00-18.00

Plenary session: presentation of outcomes of the round tables and general discussion

DAY 2 - Tuesday 25/10/2022

8.45-10.30

 

Session 2 World Cafè: Enhancing resilience in the phases of Disaster management cycle. Round tables

10.30-10.45

Coffee break

10.45-12.30

Session 2 World Cafè: Enhancing resilience in the phases of Disaster management cycle. Round tables

12.30-14.00

Lunch

14.00-15.00

Plenary session: presentation of outcomes of the 4 tables and general discussion

15.00-15.30

Recommendation draft

15.30-15.45

Coffe break

15.45-18.00

Final discussion

  

19.30

Social dinner

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