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Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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23 May 2023 Agreement on IRDR Phase II became effective on May 11 2023
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IRDR supports stronger role for S&T at ISDR Asia Partnership Meeting
05 June 2015
The first post-Sendai ISDR Asia Partnership (IAP) meeting was held on 3-5 June 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. IRDR was represented by IRDR Science Committee member S.H.M. Fakhruddin and Executive Director R. Klein, for the first and second half of the meeting
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IRDR China hosts early career scientists in integrated research workshop
04 June 2015
As a follow-on to the semi-annual meeting of IRDR’s governance body, the Scientific Committee, IRDR China hosted more than 27 Ph.D. students and assistant professors working in various disaster risk areas for a capacity building workshop focused on integr
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Chinese disaster research networks presented at IRDR’s SC meeting China roundtable
03 June 2015
At the culmination of the IRDR Science Committee meeting, a dedicated session was held on networking and partnering with China-based international projects related to disaster risk science.IRDR China led off with a presentation on their 5 new thematic wor
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China’s New Large Ocean Research Laboratory Co-Hosts 13th IRDR SC Meeting
01 June 2015
[caption id="attachment_10009" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Members of the IRDR Science Committee (SC), Ex-Officios, International Programme Office (IPO), and representatives from the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (QNLM
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IRDR partner programme HIST supports East Asian Biosphere Reserve Network
30 May 2015
This 10-day international training workshop for Biosphere Reserve (BR) managers was organized collaboratively by the East Asian Biosphere Reserve Network (EABRN) Secretariat at the UNESCO Beijing Office, the International Centre on Space Technologies for
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IRDR’s Djillali Benouar at FEMA Emergency Management Institute
29 May 2015
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 Experi
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Recent IRDR Publications featured on PreventionWeb
28 May 2015
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 systemati
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RADAR Short Course on Community Risk Assessments – Apply by 8th June 2015
27 May 2015
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, f
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FORIN study on Typhoon Morakot included in UNISDR STAG Publication
27 May 2015
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 (NS
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Regional DRR workshop convened by Colombia’s IRDR National Committee and ICoE in Understanding Risk and Safety
25 May 2015
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 Euro
