World Resilient Recovery Conference (WRRC)
The World Resilient Recovery Conference (WRRC) took place on 3 June 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland, during the Preparatory Days of the GP2025. WRRC succeeds the World Reconstruction Conferences (WRC) as an international platform to advance the agenda on resilient recovery.
The WRRC embodies a commitment to a comprehensive approach to recovery, integrating societal, economic, and environmental resilience to address the evolving challenges to disaster recovery and readiness.
WRRC will be organized under the umbrella of the International Recovery Platform, with the support of relevant partners and stakeholders. The sessions will take place at CICG and CCV.
Learn more about the Priority actions to enhance readiness for resilient recovery.
About the WRRC
Aligned with the overall theme of GP2025 “Everyday Counts, Act for Resilience Today”, the WRRC emphasizes the urgent need for resilient recovery readiness.* This proactive approach emphasizes preparing for and managing recovery efforts across diverse contexts, ensuring that communities, institutions, and systems are ready to respond effectively.
*Note: Resilient recovery readiness is a proactive approach that emphasizes preparing communities, systems, and institutions well in advance of disasters, thereby enabling them to “build back better” in the aftermath of such events.
Sessions
Details for each session and events can be found in the Global Platform programme list.
Plenary sessions
Thematic sessions
Webinars
Organizers:
UNESCO, GNDR, UNDP, WHO, E-STAG, UNDRR
Watch the recordingUNESCO, GNDR, UNDP, WHO, E-STAG, UNDRR
Organizers:
IOM, IDMC, UNDRR
Watch the recordingIOM, IDMC, UNDRR
Organizers:
CCRO, ADPC, ARISE, UNDRR
Watch the recordingCCRO, ADPC, ARISE, UNDRR
Organizers:
ADB, CAF, UNCDF, UNU-EHS, UNDRR
Watch the recordingADB, CAF, UNCDF, UNU-EHS, UNDRR
Organizers:
UNDP, ADPC, WHO, UNDRR
Watch the recordingUNDP, ADPC, WHO, UNDRR
Organizers:
UNDRR, Government of India, Government of the Philippines
Watch the recordingUNDRR, Government of India, Government of the Philippines
Masterclasses
Organizers:
UNDP, SEEDS, UNOPS, UN-Habitat, UNDRR
Watch the recordingUNDP, SEEDS, UNOPS, UN-Habitat, UNDRR
Organizers:
UN-Habitat, UNOPS, UNDRR
Watch the recordingUN-Habitat, UNOPS, UNDRR
Kindly note that only participants that attended all three sessions receive a certificate.
Expected outcomes
WRRC contributes to the international discourse on resilient recovery by raising awareness, facilitating discussion, sharpening thinking, and setting the agenda for future.
The conference is expected to yield the following outcomes:
- Enhanced understanding of progress, challenges and opportunities in implementing resilient recovery since the Sendai Framework Midterm Review;
- Strengthened commitment and concrete recommendations for improving recovery readiness through pre-arranged institutional, financial and technical measures at all levels;
- Highlighting opportunities for resilient recovery through synergies with the Loss and damage mechanisms established under the UNFCCC.
- Explore the Institutional arrangements at national and local levels to deliver on a resilient recovery agenda.
- Development of networks and partnerships to support capacity building and knowledge sharing for more effective, inclusive and sustainable recovery;
- Clear pathways and priority actions identified to accelerate progress on Priority 4 of the Sendai Framework leading up to 2030; through the Global Call to Action to Build Back Better by Investing in Recovery Readiness.
For more information, please contact the UNDRR Focal point: [email protected]