Burundi Risks Forum

The Global Risks Forum – National Engagement Series: Burundi is a hybrid-format national initiative coordinated by NWG Burundi, an autonomous platform composed of researchers, youth leaders, community organizations, Indigenous knowledge holders, and civil society actors. Operating independently from the Government of Burundi and without any political affiliation, NWG Burundi provides a neutral, evidence-based platform for advancing disaster risk reduction (DRR), disaster risk finance (DRF), and disaster risk intelligence (DRI).

As part of the global mandate of the Global Risks Alliance (GRA) and Global Risks Forum (GRF), this forum supports anticipatory governance, ethical foresight, and co-designed innovation for sustainable development. It engages stakeholders from across the quintuple helix—academia, civil society, private sector, international partners, and government (as non-governing participants).

Strategic Purpose

The Burundi series is designed to:

• Address multidimensional risks such as climate change, food and water insecurity, displacement, flood events, and ecosystem degradation;
• Strengthen local resilience through anticipatory action, grassroots innovation, and inclusive planning systems;
• Advance digital and community-based finance tools including parametric insurance, adaptive microfinance, and climate funds;
• Center Indigenous knowledge, youth leadership, and women-led community initiatives in national risk governance strategies.

Sessions focus on generating actionable outputs such as co-developed adaptation frameworks, participatory early warning protocols, and digital infrastructure for sustainable livelihoods.

Governance and Participation

NWG Burundi operates with complete independence, aligned with the ethical standards and global frameworks of GRA and GRF. It is not affiliated with or accountable to any political institution or government entity, ensuring all outputs are guided by scientific integrity, equity, and collaborative learning.

Participation is open to rural cooperatives, youth networks, researchers, educators, humanitarian actors, Indigenous communities, and international partners committed to inclusive and locally grounded resilience.

Join the Movement

We invite climate justice advocates, digital innovators, agricultural planners, educators, diaspora professionals, and global partners to join the Global Risks Forum – Burundi Series as speakers, contributors, and strategic collaborators. This platform offers a unique opportunity to co-create anticipatory governance systems, resilience finance mechanisms, and equitable adaptation models rooted in Burundi’s ecological realities and community wisdom.