FIDIC has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), formalising a partnership to embed resilience against climate and disaster risks into the design, construction, supervision, and operation and maintenance of infrastructure projects worldwide.

The agreement was signed on Monday 14 September 2026 at FIDIC’s Global Infrastructure Conference (GIC26) in New Delhi – the same city that hosts CDRI’s secretariat, giving the signing added resonance as the strongest host-country story of the week's proceedings. It was signed by FIDIC CEO Susanna Zammataro and FIDIC president Alfredo Ingletti, and by Amit Prothi, director general of CDRI.

CDRI, an international organisation, headquartered in New Delhi, is a global coalition dedicated to enhancing the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks. With 71 members, it includes national governments, international organisations and businesses collaborating to share knowledge, conduct research and invest in disaster resilient infrastructure. Members benefit from access to global expertise, funding, technical support, research opportunities, innovative solutions and international best practices.

Under the MoU, FIDIC and CDRI commit to collaborate on research, knowledge sharing, advocacy, and capacity building to promote the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks – supporting sustainable development and addressing the challenges of building resilience into infrastructure and its associated development.

The partnership is expected to take five main forms:

• Identifying opportunities to mainstream resilience across the infrastructure sector.
• Providing input to the design of infrastructure standards, codes and practices internationally.
• Developing specialised knowledge products.
• Pursuing targeted advocacy initiatives.
• Convening national, regional and global events.

For FIDIC, the agreement ties the federation more closely to the global resilience agenda at a moment when climate and disaster risk are rising up the infrastructure sector’s priorities, while also opening a potential channel for wider adoption of FIDIC contracts and training across CDRI’s network of governments and institutions. It builds on FIDIC’s existing work on nature-positive infrastructure and its broader efforts to ensure infrastructure projects are planned, procured, and delivered in ways that stand up to a changing climate.

Further details on how the partnership will be implemented, including specific joint projects and initiatives, are expected to follow in the coming months.

Image above shows representatives of FIDIC and CDRI following the signing of the MoU at FIDIC’s Global Infrastructure Conference in New Delhi on 14 September 2026.