Program Overview

Study Tour Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) for MINEMA & WFP Rwanda

The study tour on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) for the Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA) Rwanda and the World Food Programme (WFP) is a continent-to-continent program that explores new insights into the multi-scale disaster risk reduction (DRR) agenda and disaster resilience strategies for managing emerging hazards, systemic risk, and compound disaster in a climate change.

Program Overview

This multi-tier program explores design options and integration of programme interventions and information systems for effective implementation of disaster risk reduction and management interventions to reaffirm our commitment to the global agenda and rejuvenate our local action as stated in the UNDRR, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Paris Agreement, and 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Program Details

• The study visit is co-organized by the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA), Prime Minister's Department and Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Center (DPPC), Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur.
• The program was held from 27 August to 03 September 2023.
• The visit is an activity supported through a WFP internal Global South-South Cooperation Trust Fund.
• It promotes peer learning among host governments in the Global South to accelerate their progress towards zero hunger.

Program Objectives

• To explore design options and integration of programme interventions and information systems for effective implementation of disaster risk reduction and management interventions.
• To reaffirm commitment to the global agenda and rejuvenate local action as stated in the UNDRR, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Paris Agreement, and 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development.
• To promote peer learning among host governments in the Global South to accelerate their progress towards zero hunger.