As many of you already know, the “Building Resilience to Landslide and Geo-Hazard risk in the South Asia Region” Program, was launched in August 2016 by the World Bank with assistance from EU and the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR). The First South-to-South learning workshop was successfully held in Kandy, Sri Lanka in November 2016 with 52 participants from all the SAR countries and World Bank TTLs. The workshop report can be found in the Geohazard risk management in the transport sector CoP website found in the link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9xy57htlflptflv/GPSURR_Landslide_Geohazar_Risk_Report_v5.pdf?dl=0. Eleven technical and country specific videos were also produced during the Sri Lanka workshop and can be found in the Youtube links provided in at the end of this email.
We would like to invite you to the Second South-to-South learning workshop to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from November 15-17, 2017 specifically for you and your counterparts working on transport/DRM sector projects which include geohazard risks. This year, the workshop will focus on road maintenance for risk mitigation and disaster management for transport sector. The aim of the workshop is to share knowledge, experience, challenges and practical solutions that could be immediately implemented.
Eligibility Criteria of Participants: 1) Must work as counterpart for a World Bank financed transport sector or DRM project 2) Must have relevant technical expertise for geohazard risk management 3) Only four (4) counterpart persons per country 4) Approval from World Bank Task Team Leader of the project
5) One TTL of the project is also invited to participate if they are based in the region or are already in the region on mission.
We would like to kindly request the following:
Extend the invitation to your counterparts and request for selection of participants. We can share draft framework invitation letters if required.
Please review and approve the selection to ensure that they fit the eligibility criteria
Survey Monkey questionnaire: Once you have selected your participants of the workshop and we will send out a Survey monkey. The responses will help us design the workshop to address the specific needs of the participants. The Survey will also require you to input the passport and travel details of the participants.
A follow-up email will be sent to all the registered participants providing detailed logistic information and presentation design instructions.
Please find all the PPT Presentations for this workshop by clicking here
