SENDAI -Towards a Disaster-Resilient and Environmentally-Friendly City

"Strengthening the Disaster Resilience of SMEs project" is facilitated by the UNDRR and three cities (Sendai; Barcelona, Spain; Bridgetown, Barbados) are involved as pilot cities. The period of implementation is from June 2024 until June 2026.
The three pilot cities analyze current situation, share challenges and compile good practices, and these efforts will contribute to strengthening resilience of SMEs around the world.
These three pilot cities participated in two workshops: one held in Dubai in November 2024, and the other in Barcelona in March 2025. Each participating group gave a presentation that included an overview of their city, disasters that their city experienced up until then, in addition to the DRR initiatives and challenges of their city, and the current situation of their local SMEs. Moreover, members had a lively exchange of opinions on future measures that should be implemented to strengthen DRR resilience of SMEs.
In the future, each city is expected to conduct DRR awareness surveys and workshops targeted to local SMEs.

 

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A workshop hosted by the UNDRR in Barcelona, March 2025

 

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