{"id":3149,"date":"2019-05-16T12:01:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T06:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2019-05-16T12:01:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T06:31:55","slug":"india-to-co-chair-gfdrr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/india-to-co-chair-gfdrr\/","title":{"rendered":"INDIA TO CO-CHAIR GFDRR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Relevant for Prelims and Gs paper 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; color: black;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">India\u00a0<\/span><\/a>has been unanimously chosen as co-chair of the\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=consultative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">consultative\u00a0<\/span><\/a>group for\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=global+facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">Global Facility\u00a0<\/span><\/a>for Disaster Reduction and Recovery for the 2020 fiscal, the\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=home+ministry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">Home Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/a>said in a statement issued Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; color: black;\">The decision was taken during the group&#8217;s meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday on the margins of the 6th session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR)-2019, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; color: black;\"> <iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6516239\/outofpage_1x1_desktop_0\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: bottom; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6516239\/outofpage_1x1_desktop_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe> The\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=consultative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">consultative\u00a0<\/span><\/a>group&#8217;s meeting was co-chaired by the Africa Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of states, the\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=european+union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">European Union\u00a0<\/span><\/a>(EU) and\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=the+world+bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">the\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=world+bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">World Bank.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; color: black;\">GFDRR is a global partnership that helps developing countries better understand and reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; color: black;\">It is a grant-funding mechanism, managed by the World Bank, which supports disaster risk management projects globally. It is presently working on the ground with over 400 local, national, regional, and international partners and provides knowledge, funding, and technical assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; color: black;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">India\u00a0<\/span><\/a>became a member of the GFDRR&#8217;s\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=consultative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">consultative\u00a0<\/span><\/a>group in 2015 and had expressed its interest to co-chair its meeting in October 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; color: black;\">India&#8217;s candidature was backed by its consistent progress in disaster risk reduction in the country and its initiative to form a coalition on disaster resilient infrastructure, the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; color: black;\">This will give the country an opportunity to work with member countries and organisations of GFDRR with a focused contribution towards advancing the disaster risk reduction agenda during the course of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; color: black;\">This is the first time that the country has been given the opportunity of co-chairing the consultative group&#8217;s meeting, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; color: black;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">India\u00a0<\/span><\/a>would like to pursue a focused agenda and develop synergies with ongoing work streams of GFDRR, the\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=home+ministry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">Home Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/a>said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; color: black;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=disaster+resilient+infrastructure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2591dc;\">Disaster resilient infrastructure\u00a0<\/span><\/a>will be a central theme of engagement with GFDRR partners and stakeholders.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevant for Prelims and Gs paper 3 India\u00a0has been unanimously chosen as co-chair of the\u00a0consultative\u00a0group for\u00a0Global Facility\u00a0for Disaster Reduction and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[853,391,545,460,817,409,413,352,392,390],"class_list":["post-3149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-civil-service-exam","tag-civil-services-exam","tag-general-studies","tag-general-studies-prelims","tag-gs","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-ias","tag-prelims","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc","tag-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3150,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149\/revisions\/3150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}