Greater Manchester goes global to fight terrorism and prevent floods
100 cities across the world, including Greater Manchester, join a Resilience network.
Greater Manchester's joined a global network - taking tips on how to tackle terrorism, crack down on cyber crime and prevent flash flooding.
One hundred cities from across the world have formed a resilience club, looking at how each area prepares or recovers from natural disaters, as well as terror attacks or disease outbreaks.
In May 2016 Greater Manchester Mayor, Tony Lloyd, welcomed the announcement from 100RC - Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation, after they selected Greater Manchester to participate in their global network of 100 cities. Greater Manchester was involved in a highly competitive international process and has become one of only five UK cities selected to be part of the network. 100RC helps cities around the world become more resilient to social, economic, and physical challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century. 100RC provides this assistance through: funding for a Chief Resilience Officer in each city who will lead the resilience efforts, resources for drafting a Resilience Strategy, access to private sector, public sector, academic, and NGO resilience tools, and membership in a global network of peer cities to share best practices and challenges. Leaders from some of the Cities involved have been meeting in Manchester to share experiences and best practice, whether that be how Paris managed the aftermath of the terror attacks, to flood control in places like Miami and Rotterdam.
Our Chief Reporter Michelle Livesey was invited to the conference to find out more.....
LISTEN: Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy - who's the Acting Regional Director for Europe and the Middle East, 100 Resilient Cities - explains more:
LISTEN: Mike Owen from Bury Council is lead Greater Manchester Chief Executive for Resilience:
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