UNDRR ONEA – GETI DRR WORKSHOP The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Office for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute (UNDRR ONEA-GETI) in coordination with ARISE – Philippines and SM Prime conducted a two-day DRR workshop entitled The Business Case for Disaster Risk Reduction: Achieving Resilience of Small and Medium Enterprises for SM...Continue reading
Month: July 2020
Business Continuity Summit 2019
The 2nd Business Continuity Summit was held last September 10, 2019 at the Mall of Asia Arena Annex (MAAX) Auditorium, MOA Complex, Pasay City. It was organized by the Business Continuity Managers Association of the Philippines (BCMAP) in cooperation with various companies and organizations including ARISE – Philippines. The Summit with the theme “Business as...
International DRR Day 2019
BUILD TO LAST FORUM In celebration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, ARISE – Philippines Local Network in partnership with SM Prime Holdings, Inc. and National Resilience Council (NRC) held a forum entitled “BUILD TO LAST: Risk-informed Investment” at the Auditorium of the Mall of Asia Arena Annex (MAAX) Building, MOA Complex, Pasay...Continue reading
Top Leaders Forum (TLF) 2019
From Risk to Resilience: Forging Pathways and Milestones SMX Manila Convention Center, Pasay City November 12, 2019 The country’s top leaders and experts in disaster risk reduction management and resilience converged in SMX Manila for the 2019 Top Leaders Forum (TLF), an annual forum organized by SM Prime Holdings in coordination with United Nations Office...
The Top Leaders Forum
The annual Top Leaders Forum (TLF) was initially organized in 2012 by SM Prime Holdings Inc. to gather the Philippines’ top leaders in the private sector and public sectors to address issues in disaster risk reduction and management. From then on TLF had evolved from a gathering of private and public sector leaders to being...Continue reading
ARISE – PHILIPPINES MEMBER COMPANIES IN THE TIME OF COVID
In the time of COVID – 19 pandemic, ARISE Philippines members were actively involved in various activities to help the local and national governments to prevent the further spread of the pandemic and to prepare for the new normal. The efforts included Information and Education Campaigns through webinars and researches and documents made available to...
SUPPORT TO Small and Medium-size Businesses (SMEs)
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of the Philippines records that 99.52% of all businesses in the Philippines is composed of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). MSMEs contributed to 63.19% of the country’s total employment in 2018. ARISE Philippines have aligned its programs to help the MSMEs in their recovery efforts during disasters...
Filipina makes it to ARISE International Board
Engr. Liza B. Silerio, Vice President of SM Prime Holdings Inc. is elected to the ARISE International Board. She is one of the seven (7) elected members out of twenty (20) nominees who will serve until July 2022. Ms. Silerio is the 2nd Filipino to hold the position following Mr. Hans T. Sy whose term...
An update from Mami Mizutori, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction — 13 July 2020
I have been thinking, writing and talking a lot about good governance recently and how its absence can drive disaster risk. COVID-19 has driven home the understanding that without good disaster risk governance it is extremely difficult to manage any other underlying drivers of disaster risk. The most glaring example of this is the continued failure to...Continue reading
ARISE – PHILIPPINES ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ARISE – Philippines Local Network is slated on August 13, 2020. For the first time and due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the said AGM will be conducted online. The National Secretariat will give a report on the accomplishments of ARISE – Philippines. Member companies will also be briefed...