The 17th Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium, organized by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, will be held on 1-4 June 2015 at EMI, Emmitsburg, Maryland. The symposium theme is: “Moving Us Forward: Blending Higher Education and Experiential Knowledge in Emergency Management”. IRDR SC member Djillali Benouar, from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at University …
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The AIRDR report “Guide to assessing integrated research on disaster risk” (Project Report No. 1) and a number of the four AIRDR reports are featured on the UNISDR website, PreventionWeb. The guide provides a step-by-step procedure for conducting systematic reviews on integrated research into disaster risk. It documents the method used in risk assessments as …
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From 29 June – 3 July 2015, Stellenbosch University, member of the Periperi U consortium (IRDR International Centre of Excellence for Risk Education and Learning – ICoE REaL) will be hosting a short course training session on Community Risk Assessments, focussing on South African informal settlements. The course, conducted biannually, focuses on strengthening community-based risk …
RADAR Short Course on Community Risk Assessments – Apply by 8th June 2015Read More »
A recent collection compiled by UNISDR’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) in 2015 includes an article about a FORIN-style case study by IRDR ICoE Taipei by Tony C. Liu from the Academy of Sciences located in Taipei, China, and Wei-Sen Li (NSDR, Taipei). Entitled “Improved Evacuation Procedures Save Lives in Taiwan from Severe Flood …
FORIN study on Typhoon Morakot included in UNISDR STAG PublicationRead More »
More than 700 participants registered for the Interdisciplinary Symposium on Adaptation and Local Management of Disaster Risk held May 25-27, 2015 at the National University in Manizales, Colombia. Participants are gathering from the region as well as Europe and North America to discuss and reflect on the state of the art in disaster management practice …
The IRDR Communications Officer, Charina Cabrido, is returning to her home country after 1,5 years of service at the IRDR International Programme Office (IPO) in Beijing, China. After serving in several communications functions at the Asian Development Bank, “Chin”, as she is known to colleagues and friends, came to IRDR and contributed significantly to developing …
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On the sidelines of the 7th International Conference of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering held in Tehran, Iran, the founding group for an Iranian IRDR National Committee convened in Tehran on 19 May 2015. The initiative to establish a National Committee, as part of the regional engagement in the global IRDR programme, had been championed by …
The organisers of the 7th International Conference of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering held in Tehran, Iran, from 18 to 21 May 2015, convened a panel session on implementing the Sendai Framework for Action entitled “Science and Technology – from Theory to Practice”. IRDR’s R. Klein was asked to elaborate on the structure of National and …
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On Anne’s first day at the IPO, she was warmly greeted by staff and briefly toured the impressive RADI building that houses the IRDR IPO. She sat down immediately with outgoing communications officer Charina Cabrido to understand the inner workings of IRDR’s communications program and followed that with an in-depth consultation with Kerry-Ann Morris, IRDR’s …
Dr. Anne Castleton joins IRDR’s IPO as the new Science OfficerRead More »
(18 May, 2015) – IRDR’s Rudiger Klein gave a presentation today on the mission, structure and ambitions of the global IRDR programme at Shakhes Pajouh Engineering Institute of Natural Hazards in Isfahan, Iran. The Shakhes Pajouh Engineering Institute of Natural Hazards with the license from the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT), undertakes its …
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