Building the resilience of poor and vulnerable people and communities includes creating and acting on new kinds of knowledge to analyze problems and design activities. This includes the utilization of both scientific knowledge using various modeling and spatial mapping methods, and local and traditional forms of knowledge that exist among communities.

RILHUB gathers and synthesizes information, develops case studies and identifies good practices on resilience building from its members in the Philippines through an accessible online platform.

RILHUB also investigates what types of integrated programming work to meet people’s immediate needs and improve their long-term resilience. A critical component of the hub is partnerships with different national and international knowledge organizations (research institutions and academic departments) to create stronger links between research, action and policy.

Members of the RILHUB include organizations that have a long-term presence in communities across the Philippines, and are therefore better placed to understand resilience building needs of women, girls, men and boys.

RILHUB seeks to develop and expand tools, methods and approaches for assessing risks and vulnerabilities, and create training materials on integration of resilience building approaches into ongoing humanitarian and development projects.

RILHUB provides trainings to members and community-based organizations on using and localizing these tools and methods. It also conducts advocacy, runs campaigns and builds capacities of members and other organizations to inform actions around climate change, ecosystem degradation and disaster risk reduction.

Building resilience also means changing behaviors and getting people to do things differently from how they were acting in the past. The challenge of building resilience is often about accelerating learning processes and dialogues for generating meaningful action.

Communities, government officials, humanitarian and development workers, donors and other key players need to know how to navigate the complex range of plausible futures for managing risks from climate change, disasters and environmental degradation. RILHUB holds regular learning dialogues with multiple stakeholders, including the private sector and government. It creates a virtual space for learning and reflection, and host seminars, lectures, conferences as well as an annual resilience event.

The RILHUB works with a wide range of actors to develop innovative solutions to the complex challenges of building resilience. It also engages the civil society, private sector, the Academe and Government to develop innovative ideas into applicable solutions.

The RILHUB also conducts piloting of new resilience building approaches, and integrates technology in both development and humanitarian activities related to IRM.