Global NGO network preparatory meeting at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
At the first session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, NGOs organized a Preparatory Meeting with the support of UNISDR. The goal of this Meeting was to provide NGOs with an opportunity to better influence the global DRR agenda. The Meeting focused on facilitating the substantive contribution of NGOs to the Global Platform through a "brainstorming session".
The Meeting contributed to stimulating substantive discussion on several topics, and encouraged NGOs to reach a shared understanding of the key messages they wanted to convey during the workshop sessions held on day 2. This has allowed them to better influence the overall outcome of the Global Platform, and to ensure their collective inputs and concerns were reflected in the final report.
The Meeting was also the venue for the official launch of the Global Network of NGOs, and to present some of the results achieved by its core members throughout the period October 2006 - June 2007.