1. Disaster Risk Management Unit
Nathalie Zaarour
November 2011

2. Beirut, Byblos, Saida, Tripoli, Tyre, Baalbek
Lebanon : Campaign launched in July 2010
During July the DRM Unit launched the Resilient cities campaign starting with 6 main Lebanese municipalities
Beirut, Byblos, Saida, Tripoli, Tyre, Baalbek
The 6 municipalities filled the nomination forms and received certificates of joining during the IDRR Day ceremony (12 October 2010)
30-May-10 "Global launch event for the campaignResilient Cities ICLEI First World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change, and Mayors’ Adaptation Forum May, Bonn, Germany"
Throughout 2010, the campaign was launched in all regions. Within one year, more than 30 national and regional launches took place and many more are planned in 2011.

3. Lebanon : Campaign launched in July 2010
From August 2010 till May 2011 the DRM Unit was working on the municipalities’ action plans to encourage them to implement the 10 checking points within their regular working plans.
The DRM Unit discussed with every municipality their progress in implementing the 10 points and supported them by addressing the gaps and issues and trying to find solutions.
30-May-10 "Global launch event for the campaignResilient Cities ICLEI First World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change, and Mayors’ Adaptation Forum May, Bonn, Germany"
Throughout 2010, the campaign was launched in all regions. Within one year, more than 30 national and regional launches took place and many more are planned in 2011.

4. Resilient Cities Campaign : May 2011
The DRM Unit helped funding 4 municipalities to attend the Global Platform in Geneva, the focal points we very excited to work and to have an outcome from the platform and the results were very promising
30-May-10 "Global launch event for the campaignResilient Cities ICLEI First World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change, and Mayors’ Adaptation Forum May, Bonn, Germany"
Throughout 2010, the campaign was launched in all regions. Within one year, more than 30 national and regional launches took place and many more are planned in 2011.

5. Global Platform results :
Resilient Cities Campaign : May 2011
Global Platform results :
Byblos municipality succeeded in cooperating with Venice Municipality
Baalbek municipality had an agreement with Geneva municipality
Saida Municipality is trying to partner with municipalities from Austria
30-May-10 "Global launch event for the campaignResilient Cities ICLEI First World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change, and Mayors’ Adaptation Forum May, Bonn, Germany"
Throughout 2010, the campaign was launched in all regions. Within one year, more than 30 national and regional launches took place and many more are planned in 2011.

6. Byblos Municipality
In 28 June 2011, the Municipality of Byblos-Jbeil organized a two-days workshop hosting members from Venice Municipality and Italian Engineers working on making the city of Venice resilient.
The 2 municipalities shared different practices and experiences that will help Byblos Municipality at a later stage in making the city Resilient.

7. DRM Unit supporting Beirut Municipality
Developing a Concept note for earthquakes master plan :
Step 1: Earthquake tectonic and earthquake acceleration map for the City of Beirut, taking into account local site effects
Step 2a: Preliminary analysis of building dynamic characteristics and
comparison with underlying soil dynamic characteristics
Step 2b: Assessment of vulnerability of typical buildings
Step 2c: Assessment of vulnerability of critical infrastructure

8. DRM Unit supporting Beirut Municipality
Step 3a: Review of Available retrofitting schemes
Step 3b: Propose retrofitting schemes for buildings
Step 3c: Propose retrofitting schemes for infrastructures
Step 4: Develop an Indicator System Index that will reflect both the potential for physical damage the degree of social fragility
Step 5: Develop a Disaster Risk Management index
Step 6: Develop Implementation Schemes, including structural, social, economic, and financial.

9. 51 municipalities joined the campaign ending up in 57 municipalities.
Resilient Cities Campaign : May 2011
The DRM Unit encouraged Qaemakam el Metn to join the campaign who in encouraged all El Metn Qaza to join.
51 municipalities joined the campaign ending up in 57 municipalities.
30-May-10 "Global launch event for the campaignResilient Cities ICLEI First World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change, and Mayors’ Adaptation Forum May, Bonn, Germany"
Throughout 2010, the campaign was launched in all regions. Within one year, more than 30 national and regional launches took place and many more are planned in 2011.

10. DRM Unit supporting El Metn Municipalities
Since El Metn Qaza includes 31 industrial cities within urban areas the DRM Unit decided to support them by developing a strategy including 3 main categories :
Prevention
Response Plan
Raising Awareness

11. DRR Day 2011
During the International DRR Day and with the presence of SRSG Mrs. Margaretta Whalstrom the DRM Unit organized a 2 days workshop “Local Governments Role in DRR” to train the local governments and to sensitize more municipalities to join the Resilient Cities campaign .
94 municipalities attended the workshop benefiting from various experiences (Aqaba, Istanbul)

12. Thank you…… www.unisdr.org/campaign
The campaign is aimed at reaching at least thousand cities to sign-up to the ten campaign essentials and identify activities and plans to improve the city resilience. It aims at Mayors / Governors / Commissioners and City Councils in the first instance. But the campaign is also addressing technical staff and national authorities responsible for local and urban development planning and disaster risk management and reduction.
The term ‘city’ refers to urban areas in general, and the term ‘local government’ includes both urban and rural communities of different scales (i.e. regional, provincial, metropolitan, cities, towns, municipalities, districts and villages).