Bangladesh Urp Training, Exercises & Drills (Ted)

the overall objective of the bangladesh urp is to strengthen the capacity of government of bangladesh (gob) agencies to efficiently and effectively respond to recurrent as well as large-scale disasters/ emergency events and to improve construction permitting and physical audit processes in dhaka and sylhet city. the urban resilience program (urp) is a ground-breaking project that: - assessed the vulnerability of essential infrastructure, public facilities, and lifelines to better guide future investments in retroftting - equipped national and local disaster risk management agencies with relevant response resources, including emergency operations centers, communication systems, and related training - improved construction practices by integrating disaster risk into development planning and zone processing