Partners for Resilience Strategic Partnership The Partners for Resilience Strategic Partnership 2016-2020 (PfR S.P.) focuses on capacity strengthening for and implementation of dialogue trajectories on Integrated Risk Management (IRM). The IRM dialogues will be done by Civil Society organisations and networks in 10 (Cordaid: 8) focus countries, in 4 (Cordaid: 3) focus regions, and at international level. IRM dialogues will focus on the policy, investment and practise domains. In order to implement these IRM dialogues well, knowledge management and CSO advocacy capacity strengthening will be done. Focus countries for the PfR S.P. are South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Indonesia, Philippines, India, Guatemala, Haiti (not Cordaid) and Mali (not Cordaid). Internationally, awareness on and collective action for resilience building through combining disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and ecosystem management & restoration (IRM) is increasing steadily. For this purpose, global goals and commitments have been set out over the course of 2015 - 2016 in major international frameworks: 1) Sendai Framework For Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) ; 2) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ; 3) UNFCCC Paris Agreement (Climate) ; 4) The Habitat III New Urban Agenda. In each of these frameworks, there is an overarching objective to mitigate disaster risks and increase the resilience of vulnerable people. The part of the PfR S.P. that focuses on International IRM Dialogues (reported under this project) aims to contribute to community resilience by enhancing the inclusion of IRM principles in international policies, investments and practices.

In the Global PfR Project, Cordaid contributes to all IRM Dialogue trajectories. Cordaid reports on the Urban IRM Dialogue Trajectory, being the lead for this topic. Overall objective: support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and other related global policy frameworks, to ensure that vulnerable people are more resilient to crises in the face of climate change and environmental degradation. Strategic objectives: ensure increased community resilience through: 1. strengthening partner organisations and communities on their evidence base (knowledge) and dialogue capacity on Integrated Risk Management (IRM); 2. embarking on specific dialogue trajectories on IRM at local, national, regional and global levels, focusing on 3 domains: Policy, Investment and Practise. The key target groups for the program are communities and groups that are marginalised and therefore vulnerable to disasters, with special attention paid to women, youth, elderly and disabled persons. The specific target groups for the dialogue capacity strengthening are Civil Society organisations and networks, at local, national, regional and international level. The key targets (audience) of the dialogue trajectories are stakeholders in the IRM policy, investment and practise domains