Public-Private Partnership- in establishing effective disaster management
The Sixth Session of the Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction and Economic and Social Commission Asia Pacific (ESCAP) Disaster Resilience Week was held in Bangkok, Thailand. A multi-sectoral session was organized by the Connecting Business Initiative (CBi) to identify successful outcomes of having
The launch of the Guidance Toolkit: Engaging Companies in Man-made Disasters at the Connecting Business initiative
The Connecting Business initiative (CBi), a thirteen country consortium launched by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), partnered with the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) in pioneering workshop on the role of
BCP “Resilience in a Box” Training of Trainers
A-PAD SL, in partnership with United Parcel Service Foundation (UPS), US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Connecting Business Initiative (CBi), and Turkish Organization Saglam Kobi, structured and organized a training of trainers course on business resilience titled ‘Resilience in a Box’. The training was
“Human Rights in Complex Situations” – Sri Lanka as a Case Study for the CBi Network
The Connecting Business Initiative (CBi) together with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) recently conducted a webinar within its regional network highlighting the theme of “Human Rights in Complex
Humanitarian Agencies & Private Sector in Disaster Preparedness
A meeting was held with the cooperation of the private sector to discuss about message dissemination with regard to monsoon floods. A-PAD Sri Lanka was more focused on providing guidelines to private sector business of how to be resilient from floods. The initial