International Collaboration and Partnerships
International DRR partnerships are central to the work of the Centre for Disaster Preparedness, Recovery & Research (CDPRR). We work with partners around the world on disaster risk reduction and recovery, helping to build resilience across borders.
We collaborate with international organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academic institutions and industry leaders. These partnerships allow us to exchange expertise, good practice and resources, and to combine efforts in support of resilience, sustainable development and effective disaster response worldwide.
CDPRR’s international work includes joint research projects, knowledge-sharing forums, capacity-building workshops and joint advocacy campaigns. We bring together experts and practitioners from different sectors and regions to address shared challenges, test new solutions and build networks of support. Partners gain access to a wide pool of knowledge and experience, better coordination with other stakeholders and stronger capacity to deal with complex disaster-related problems. Together, we work towards a safer and more sustainable future for communities worldwide.
What international DRR partnerships deliver
Hazards do not stop at borders. A glacier collapse in one country sends a flood into the next within minutes, a river carries sediment across a frontier for decades, and an infectious disease moves with the people who travel. Our international DRR partnerships exist because the problems they address cannot be solved inside a single jurisdiction.
In practice that means joint research projects, shared observation and data, knowledge-sharing forums, capacity-building workshops and joint advocacy. It also means practical arrangements: who issues an alert, who receives it, and what each agency does next.
Who we work with
We collaborate with international organisations, non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, research laboratories and industry. Each brings something the others lack. Universities hold long-run data and analytical capacity, NGOs hold reach into affected communities, government agencies hold the mandate to act, and industry holds equipment and operational experience.
Conferences are part of this work rather than separate from it. They are where research findings meet the people who have to use them, and where practitioners from different countries compare what has actually worked.
Why transboundary cooperation matters now
The case is clearest in the Himalayas, where rivers, glaciers and debris flows cross national boundaries and where warning times can be measured in minutes. Our article on the 2026 Nepal flash floods sets out what real-time sharing of satellite observations, river data and seismic alerts would require.
The same argument applies to sediment management in shared river basins, to chemical and industrial hazards near borders, and to the exchange of research on detection and response. Partners working with us gain access to a wider pool of knowledge and experience, better coordination with other stakeholders, and stronger capacity to deal with complex problems.
This work connects with our research and knowledge sharing and capacity-building workshops. To discuss a collaboration, contact us.
The agreed global framework for this cooperation is the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.