The planning group of the 4th regional capacity building workshop on psychological intervention after disasters (PIAD) that will be held in November 2015 met in Taipei (28 and 29 April 2015) to prepare plans for the implementation of the workshop in 2015. The meeting was hosted by the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk – International …
Planning group on psychological intervention after disasters meets in TaipeiRead More »
On 23 April 2015, Dr Ailsa Holloway from Stellenbosch University South Africa and IRDR ICoE for Risk Education and Learning (IRDR ICoE-REaL), represented Periperi U as she took part in an ICSU (International Council for Science) delegation for a series of meetings at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The metings took place as …
IRDR Ailsa Holloway representing Periperi U at the UNRead More »
The international conference on “Measuring Sustainable Development” was held on 23-24 April 2015 at UN Plaza in New York City to debate the implementation of the evolving Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will be discussed by the UN General Assembly in September 2015. How can or should the implementation of …
IRDR’s Shuaib Lwasa at NY conference on “Measuring Sustainable Development”Read More »
On the morning of April 24, 2015, a delegation led by First Vice President of the Thai Legislative Assembly SurachaiLiengboonlertchai visited RADI, host institution of IRDR. Deputy Director of RADI Liu Jianbo made an introduction to the two sides’ existing cooperative programs and the potential fields they may give cooperation in the future. Liu Jie, …
First Vice President of Thai Legislative Assembly Visits IRDR Host Institution RADIRead More »
The Post-2015 Development Agenda is a unique opportunity to set an ambitious, integrated and transformational global agenda for sustainable development that is supported by a strong scientific evidence base. Scientific communities worldwide are mobilising to support the definition, implementation and monitoring of this agenda from local to global levels. Governments and other stakeholders have started …
Science and the SDGs: ICSU leads a delegation to attend meetings in New YorkRead More »
Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies Volume 19, IRDR Conference Special Issue Published March 2015 This special issue consists of papers with an explicitly social focus which were presented at the Second Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Conference held in Beijing, China, on the 7th to 9th of June, 2014. The papers included …
On 21 April, ICoE Taipei researchers, members of the ICoE International Advisory Board, and the IRDR Executive Director met with representatives of local governments from New Taipei City and from Hsinchu County, who gave briefings of current implementations and challenges of DRR by two local governments and discussed the mechanism to assist local governments in …
IRDR ICoE Flagship project meets with municipal leadersRead More »
The 2015 Advanced Institute (AI) on Disaster Risk Reduction and Loss Mitigation in Taipei, Taiwan from 20-25 April provided young to middle-career researchers and practitioners from Southeast Asia with the enhanced understanding, skills and practical knowledge to reduce disaster risk and mitigate disaster losses in their own countries. The 6-day, intensive training event was hosted …
IRDR Advanced Institute kicks-off of at ICoE TaipeiRead More »
In 2015, the World Water Forum, the largest water-related event in the world will take place in Daegu, Republic of of Korea. This large-scale international conference, held every three years since 1997, brings together academia, the public sector, NGO’s and industries to facilitate international exchanges on global water challenges. The 7th World Water Forum welcomed …
IRDR SC member at 7th World Water Forum in Daegu, Rep. of KoreaRead More »
The Kandilli Observatory And Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI), a partner for GEM in Turkey and with a special role in the “Earthquake Model of the Middle East region” hosted the capacity building and scenario workshop from 14-17 April 2015. The workshop aims at facilitating the scientific and technical collaborations with local experts, where six city …
IRDR partner GEM launches new cycle of training and scenario workshopsRead More »