The National Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction (NADRR) was launched in India on November 4, 2007 at a meeting of over 150 civil society leaders. Participants included leaders from disaster affected communities, national and regional civil society networks, NGOs, international humanitarian organizations and policymakers.
The two day event “People, Policy and Partnerships for Disaster Resilient Development” focused on sharing lessons and building partnerships to scale up community-led disaster reduction initiatives. Endorsing the National Alliance policymakers and practitioners arrived at a consensus on the urgent need for a common platform to scale up and sustain effective community driven practices on disaster risk reduction. It was suggested that the Alliance evolve as a network that expands horizontally with two-way feedback mechanisms that enable communities to lead practice and influence policy.