3rd WCDM (World Congress on Disaster Management)

3rd World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) is being organised at the coastal city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India during 6-10 November 2017. The Congress would be deliberating on some of the most critical challenges of implementation of the global frameworks and agreements at the local level, particularly in the context of the least developed and developing countries of the region. Revolving around the central theme of Building Resilience for Sustaining Development, WCDM-2017 would involve national and sub-national governments, scientific and technical organisations, academia, professional bodies, industry, civil society, practitioners, media besides the UN bodies and multi-lateral and regional organisations.