
Reducir la brecha digital de género para un futuro más equitativo
En el contexto actual, reducir la brecha digital de género se plantea como una necesidad para que las mujeres mejoren su acceso y el aprovechamiento de las nuevas tecnologías para mejorar su calidad de vida ... View More

Manchester Briefing #23 – Cities for a Resilient Recovery: International lessons on recovery from COVID-19
We consider how public messaging, involving youth, and shifting from urban- to social planning can play a key role in response and recovery from COVID-19 ... View More

Manchester Briefing #22 – Cities for a Resilient Recovery: International lessons on recovery from COVID-19
We discuss how community conversations, protecting jobs, and the Sustainable Development Goals can play a key role in response and recovery from COVID-19 ... View More

Lessons from Montevideo: Keys to Accomplishing Resilience Strategy Projects
Montevideo, Uruguay recently reached the milestone of beginning implementation of more than 85% of the 40 initiatives identified in its Resilience Strategy, which the city released in September of 2018. The City offers two urban resilience essentials to this success ... View More

No Equity, No Resilience: Minneapolis is All of Us
The COVID-19 crisis highlighted the enormous challenge of securing cities' pursuit of the 2030 Agenda in Sustainable Development Goals and Urban Resilience ... View More

The Art of Reflective Learning in Cape Town – Protecting the Vulnerable During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cape Town, South Africa responded quickly to the resilience test by COVID-19 using the lessons it had learned during the water crisis it experienced in 2017 and 2018, focusing attentions on the most vulnerable, and making the biggest investment in the city’s healthcare system in 20 years, all in the ... View More

Building Wellington’s Resilient Community Water Access
Wellington, New Zealand sits on shaky ground, so they know they need to be ready for a significant seismic event. One concern is that a future earthquake will rupture the city’s underground water pipes, cutting off water to its over 400,000 inhabitants, for up to 100 days in some areas ... View More

Making Rotterdam’s First Resilient Neighborhood through Social Cohesion
Launched in 2019, Resilient BoTu empowers the two adjoining neighborhoods, Bospolder and Tussendijken, to become the city’s first “resilient district,” by directing transformative infrastructure construction and social programs that help people manage debt, access education for both adults and children, find better employment, and improve their housing quality. The program ... View More

Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series: Sharing Knowledge to Respond with Resilience
Share Coronavirus Speaker Series: Sharing Knowledge to Respond with Resilience is a weekly session organized by the Global Resilient Cities Network and the World Bank as a knowledge sharing session for cities in response to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation. 32. Role of Resilience: What Have We Learned? We recaptured ... View More

Lessons from African slums: How to include informal settlements in COVID-19 response and recovery efforts?
Cramped conditions, poor sanitation, and insufficient health facilities are raising Covid-19 risks for Africa’s slum dwellers who are often forced to break lockdown rules to work and feed their families ... View More