Sanjaya Bhatia

Head of Global Education and Training Institute

Organization

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Global Education and Training Institute (GETI) was established in 2010 to develop a new cadre of professionals in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation to build disaster resilient societies. GETI has a global mandate to provide capacity building support to mainstream disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into sustainable development; convene and support inter-city learning to strengthen urban and sub-national resilience; and to provide capacity building and best practice sharing support to national training institutions working on resilience issues. Based in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, UNDRR GETI is also the global secretariat of the Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) initiative.

  • Through MCR2030 network – both partners and cities
  • We also learn through CCFLA and its working group meetings – great opportunities to keep abreast of the topics and collaborate with partners.

CCFLA has a wealth of knowledge on climate financing in cities and the various institutions that can support cities in various stages of project preparation and financing. The trainings and webinars jointly organized and delivered by UNDRR GETI and CCFLA are examples of our collaboration which provided opportunities for cities to equip themselves with tools and knowledge to convert ideas to actions.

We are part of the working group on project preparation and are active in sharing useful information and knowledge products of CCFLA with the MCR network of cities.