The CityRAP tool comprises trainings, excercises and activities targeted at city managers and municipalities willing to start resilience action planning. It thus helps to build and strengthen capacities of communities and decision-makers in disaster risk management, climate change adaptation and urban resilience. In particular two type of courses are available:

• Training of trainers programme, which provides tailor-made training courses adapted to local realities
• on-the job training courses from adaptive architecture and construction techniques, to risk mapping and risk assessment.

The CityRAP tool is established upon 5 resilience pillars:

• urban governance
• urban disaster risk management
• urban planning and environment
• urban economy and society
• resilient infrastructure and basic services