The Asian Local Leaders Forum for Disaster Resilience (ALL4DR) Awards

The Asia-Pacific Local Leaders Forum for Disaster Resilience (APLL4DR) is a forum to recognise, enhance and link the power of local leadership to put localisation into action. It aims to identify and honour local champions from across Asia-Pacific has since become a source of inspiration for many more budding local leaders who live in communities that face significant disaster risks. The Asian Local Leaders Forum for Disaster Resilience is a culmination of two region-wide citizens’ campaigns that started before the 2015 World Conference on DRR. Looking at the global frameworks holistically, it further reinforced the message that communities do not perceive or experience risks in isolation.

Panel:

Five selected champions by the jury
Mr Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction (TBC)
Ms Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines (TBC)
Dr Manu Gupta, Head, SEEDS
Mr Takeshi Komino, Vice President, ADRRN

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It was established in 2016, during the Asian Ministerial Meeting Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR), hosted by the Government of India in New Delhi in partnership with ADRRN and UNDRR, and it was organized as a special event which brought local and national leaders to a common stage and was attended by dignitaries from across the region. The second ALL4DR was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia during AMCDRR 2018. APLL4DR was formally included in the Asia Regional Plan for implementation of the Sendai Framework for disaster Risk Reduction (2015-30) formulated during AMCDRR 2016 in New Delhi, India. It celebrated the power of local champions at the APMCDRR 2022 at Brisbane, Australia for their invaluable contribution towards community resilience. Four champions Asia and the Pacific were felicitated at the ceremony in presence of over 100 delegates.