Engagement with Global and Regional Platforms to Advance the Agenda of DRI

Socio implementador: Build Change

Project name:Engagement with Global and Regional Platforms to Advance the Agenda of DRI

CDRI proactively engages at global and regional platforms to drive disaster resilient infrastructure, promoting risk-informed investments, inclusive policies, and transformative partnerships. Through strategic dialogues, expert collaborations, and impactful initiatives, CDRI embeds resilience into infrastructure planning, design, and execution.

These engagements strengthen global alliances, foster regional cooperation, and elevate the perspectives of vulnerable communities, ensuring resilience remains central to climate and development agendas while advancing sustainable infrastructure solutions for a safer, adaptive future.

Platforms Engaged
in 2024
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No. of ICDRI organized
since 2021
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Impactos

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CDRI fosters global collaboration by engaging in policy and finance dialogues, influencing investment priorities, and integrating resilience into infrastructure planning, ensuring sustainable development and disaster resilience across diverse regions and economies.

2

Through regional capacity building platforms, CDRI strengthens technical expertise, promotes risk-informed decision-making, and enhances adaptive strategies, empowering nations to build resilient infrastructure that withstands environmental, economic, and social disruptions.

3

CDRI facilitates technical knowledge exchanges, enabling innovative solutions, evidence-based policies, and cross-sector cooperation, embedding resilience into infrastructure funding and development agendas while advancing broader global sustainability and disaster risk reduction efforts.

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Aishwarya Pillai

Lead Specialist

Alpana heads institutional partnerships, governance, and resource mobilization at CDRI, advancing cross-sector collaborations that drive resilient infrastructure programming across Member Countries and organizations. With over 25 years of experience spanning international development, global health, and the non-profit sector, she brings deep expertise in fundraising strategy, donor engagement, and delivering strategic change. 

At CDRI, Alpana has been pivotal in forging strategic alliances with governments, international organizations, and philanthropies. She also plays a key role in fortifying institutional systems and board governance mechanisms as the Coalition transitions into an international organization. 

Before joining CDRI, Alpana held senior leadership roles at The George Institute for Global Health, Plan India, WaterAid India, and SOS Children’s Villages, leading institutional fundraising and cultivating strategic partnerships for social impact. 

She holds a Master’s in Finance & Control from Aligarh Muslim University and completed Executive Education at Harvard Business School (CSR India). Her work is driven by a commitment to building enduring, values-based partnerships that accelerate sustainable development outcomes. 

Alpana Saha

Director, Partnerships, Governance, and Resource Mobilisation 

Alpana heads institutional partnerships, governance, and resource mobilization at CDRI, advancing cross-sector collaborations that drive resilient infrastructure programming across Member Countries and organizations. With over 25 years of experience spanning international development, global health, and the non-profit sector, she brings deep expertise in fundraising strategy, donor engagement, and delivering strategic change. 

At CDRI, Alpana has been pivotal in forging strategic alliances with governments, international organizations, and philanthropies. She also plays a key role in fortifying institutional systems and board governance mechanisms as the Coalition transitions into an international organization. 

Before joining CDRI, Alpana held senior leadership roles at The George Institute for Global Health, Plan India, WaterAid India, and SOS Children’s Villages, leading institutional fundraising and cultivating strategic partnerships for social impact. 

She holds a Master’s in Finance & Control from Aligarh Muslim University and completed Executive Education at Harvard Business School (CSR India). Her work is driven by a commitment to building enduring, values-based partnerships that accelerate sustainable development outcomes.