🌍2024 UCP Conference

OBJECTIVES

The overall objective of the UCP has always been to exchange experience, learn from each other and explore new opportunities and ways of working to be better informed, better connected and better engaged.

As the membership grows and becomes more competent in urban programming, the ambition of the UCP is to become the main platform to consult and advise on the way forward for the urban resilience agenda of the IFRC network and in doing so adopt resilience thinking in all phases and across all domains of our humanitarian work in urban contexts. For the conference this year, the Urban Collaboration Platform aims to contribute in reaching the targets set under the IFRC Strategic Plan

2021-2025:

• 250 million people are better protected from heat (the most ignored and rapidly rising climate risk) by 2025, in at least 150 cities and towns.
• 50 coastal cities are supported to adapt to longer-term impacts of climate change, including sea level rise, by 2025.
• 50 National Societies have shelter and urban strategies in place by 2025, which include city-level coordination, partnerships with development actors and actionable municipal contingency and response plans.

FOCUS

To achieve the objectives, the conference will focus on providing National Societies with knowledge and skills to sustainably support vulnerable communities in carrying out innovative and localized urban resilience initiatives and activities through collaboration and partnership with city/municipal governments and stakeholders. Specific areas of discussion and sharing can include the following:

• Practical, easy-to-do local climate actions to address heatwaves, intense and frequent flooding, coastal city resilience
• Collaboration and partnership with city governments and stakeholders
• Engagement of National Societies in current initiatives with global partners such as MCR2030, ICLEI, and WWF
• Access to climate finance through IFRC’s Global Climate Resilience Fund, the Green Climate Fund available to city governments, other climate resilience funds
• National Society readiness on different thematic areas to include urban volunteering, earthquake preparedness, epidemic preparedness, and working in FCV contexts

• Period: 2nd ~ 5th July (4 days)
• Number of Participants: about 70 (International: 50, Korean: 20)

For the detailed information, please download below concept note and register via https://forms.gle/mzQ87nyeDz963pKe8 (closed)

Please contact js.park@redcross.or.kr for your participation