The Government of the Philippines partners with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction (UNDRR) to host the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
(APMCDRR) 2024 from 14 to 18 October 2024 at the Philippine International Convention
Center in Manila.

The APMCDRR is the main regional platform for promoting coordination and cooperation on DRR and the implementation of the Sendai Framework in Asia and the Pacific, gathering governments, intergovernmental, international, national and civil society organizations, the private sector, science, academia and stakeholder groups to accelerate progress in reducing disaster risk.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) will be present throughout the APMCDRR, particularly at:

• Side event: Reducing Disaster Risk and Building Resilience: Tools to Address Displacement and Human Mobility in the Era of Climate Change –  Tuesday, 15 October, 15:45-16:45, Philippine Pavilion
• Side event: Leveraging Development Finance for Greater Action on Climate and Disaster Displacement - Tuesday, 15 October, 13:45-14:45, Meeting Room 2 & 3 Philippine International Convention Center
• Talk: Enhancing risk reduction, preparedness and resilience: Improved forecasting of climate and disaster-induced displacement - Wednesday 16 October, 14:00-14:15, Ignite Stage
• IOM Exhibition Booth

More information on the APMCDRR can be found here.