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Young professionals take action to reduce disaster risks
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2019/10/14
Youth and Young Professionals Declare Regional Alliance for Cooperation in Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change
UNESCO Jakarta organized a two-day workshop for Youth and Young Professionals in Science, Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), on 20 & 21 September 2019. 20 participants representing U-Inspire and UNESCO offices in Jakarta, New Delhi, Islamabad and Almaty attended the workshop.
As part of the workshop, youth and young professionals from U-Inspire India, Nepal, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, and U-Inspire Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), formally launched the Asia-Pacific Youth and Young Professionals Alliance in SETI for DRR and Climate Change.
Some of the activities that were undertaken as part of the workshop were collaboration and discussion on the best practices and challenges faced in establishing platforms for engagements by youth and young professionals in this area.
In addition, success stories and various initiatives of youth and young professionals in using their SETI expertise to support disaster risk reduction activities in their countries, were exchanged.
While discussing the role of young people as potential agents of change, Neha Midha, UNESCO New Delhi National Programme Officer, emphasized the importance of establishing such platforms and forging partnerships for disaster risk reduction.
Outcomes of the workshop will contribute to the development of a toolkit publication to showcase best practice examples and provide guidance around how youth and young professional in SETI for DRR can link with and contribute to regional, national and global DRR activities and frameworks.
U-INSPIRE is a platform of youth and young professionals in science, engineering, technology and innovation (SETI), to accelerate the efforts towards disaster risk reduction (DRR) and support DRR policy and action at the local, national and international levels.
As a signatory to the declaration, the UNESCO Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific is committed to professionally support the formal launch of the Asia-Pacific U-Inspire Alliance in 2020.
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