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First International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, 2018

• In pursuance with 1st point of Flon'ble Prime Minister's 10 point agenda on Disaster Risk Reduction, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), organized first of its kind International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI) on 15-16 January, 2018 in New Delhi.
• The Workshop emphasized the role of risk resilient infrastructure. It identified best global practices prevailing in the resilient infrastructure and key challenges and gaps in existing practices and ways to address them. Potential areas for collaboration among the disaster resilient infrastructure stakeholders were also identified.

First Joint Disaster Management Exercise for BIMSTEC Countries, 2017 (BIMSTEC DMEx- 2017)

The Government of India hosted the first Annual Disaster Management Exercise for 'Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation' (BIMSTEC) countries (BIMSTEC DMEx-2017) in October, 2017 in the National Capital Region (NCR). About 200 disaster professionals from all seven BIMSTEC countries participated for the first time in table top and field exercises.

Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2016

• AMCDRR was established in 2005. It is a biennial conference jointly organized by different Asian countries and the United Nations Office for Disaster. The November 2016, Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) came up with adopting the 'New Delhi Declaration' and the 'Asian Regional Plan for Implementation of the Sendai Framework'. 
• It was the first Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) after the Sendai Framework for DRR. The Conference also commemorated the first World Tsunami Awareness Day to spread awareness on Tsunami.

The theme of AMCDRR 2016 was "Risk Sensitive Development for Community Resilience". The Conference concluded with:
(i) A New Delhi Declaration, reaffirming the government and stakeholders' commitment to Disaster Risk Reduction and strengthening the resilience of communities, nations and the Asian region. It commits to a people-centred and whole-of-society approach towards DRR.
(ii) Adoption of Asia Regional Plan to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. It arrived at a longer term road map of cooperation spanning the 15-year horizon of the Sendai Framework, as well as a two-year action plan to further disaster risk reduction with specific, actionable activities.

Cooperation with UNIDSR, 2016

• The Government of India and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) signed a Statement of Cooperation in November 2016 underlining the guiding principles and areas of cooperation between India and UNISDR towards the effective implementation and monitoring of the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR).

India has partnered with UNISDR to strengthen the capacity of Asian countries in ensuring risk resilient development. It will also share knowledge and experiences towards addressing critical regional challenges. The cooperation aims to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of the Sendai Framework through training and capacity building for Asian countries.

Meeting of BRICS Ministers for Disaster Management, 2016

The Meeting of BRICS Ministers for Disaster Management was held in August, 2016 in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The Udaipur Declaration agreed for setting up a Joint Task Force on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) for regular dialogue and collaboration among BRICS countries. The joint Task Force is expected to initiate the actions as agreed in the Roadmap to implement the Joint Action Plan signed by the BRICS countries at the Udaipur Meet.

First Disaster Management Exercise with SAARC Countries in 2015

The Government of India organized the first South Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise (SAADMex) in 2015. All the SAARC member countries participated in first ever joint exercise conducted by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) of India. The focus was to test the inter-governmental coordination and create synergy to synchronize efforts to institutionalize regional cooperation on disaster response among the member countries of the SAARC region. The SAARC Regional Workshop followed it on sharing best practices.