In May, GNDR will publish a new resource, Urban Living Laboratories, to help civil society organisations (CSOs) facilitate inclusive decision-making in urban communities with displaced populations.
The guide provides CSOs with a tried and tested approach for developing locally led solutions to the disaster risk challenges that are unique to their communities.
Urban Living Laboratories are real-world settings where communities – both displaced and host – come together, along with other stakeholders such as local government representatives and service providers, to make decisions on the issues that affect them.
They are a space where unique solutions are developed, implemented and evaluated, all with the goal of building the resilience of at-risk communities.
Co-created with and for civil society organisations and displaced urban communities
The approach was trialled by GNDR members across 11 urban areas. Diverse groups of community representatives met regularly to suggest and test practical actions, services, policies, or products to address the difficulties they were facing. Their experiences and reflections helped to make this guide possible.
The GNDR members who contributed to this guide are:
- Comisión de Acción Social Menonita, Honduras
- Circle of Human Rights and Development (CDHD), Republic of Congo
- Développement pour un Mieux Être, Niger
- Fundación Salvadoreña para la Promoción Social y el Desarrollo Económico, El Salvador
- Iraqi Institution for Development, Iraq
- Janathakshan GTE Ltd, Sri Lanka
- Manadisaster Organisation, Rwanda
- National Society for Earthquake Technology, Nepal
- Resilience Development Initiative, Indonesia
- Root of Generations, South Sudan
- Voice of South Bangladesh, Bangladesh
- Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network
