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Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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08 July 2024 IRDR Introduction Video
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23 May 2023 Agreement on IRDR Phase II became effective on May 11 2023
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IRDR Host RADI holds Annual Academic Conference
14 December 2014
The 2014 Academic Conference of RADI convened in Beijing on 9 December and was attended by more than 500 researchers. Under the theme of “Remote Sensing and Digital Earth: Ushering in an Age of Taking the Lead” the conference served as platform for academ
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Report: IUPsyS capacity building workshop on psychological intervention after disasters
14 December 2014
The final report of the IUPsyS-led capacity building workshop on psychological intervention after disasters that was held in Mianyang China in December 2014 is now published on the IUPsyS website. It is also available for download from the link given belo
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Including People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness and Response – European Conference
13 December 2014
Brussels’ Palais Egmont witnessed, on 4-5 December 2014, a unique conference in this period of intense preparations for the post-2015 framework for DRR: policy makers and government representatives, incl. local administrations, agencies, associations, civ
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Report on ICoE Taipei- co-sponsored workshop on “Psychological Intervention After Disasters”
13 December 2014
The final report of the IUPsyS-led capacity building workshop on psychological intervention after disasters that was held in Mianyang China in December 2014 is now published on the IUPsyS website. It is also available for download from the link given belo
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Swedish North-South collaborative seed funding for GEC research
12 December 2014
Researchers within humanities, natural and social sciences can are apply for SSEESS seed grants under the “Research Links 2015” programme: SEK 90 000 (ca €10 000) can go towards cost related to networking activities, such as visits between the partners, s
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BNHCRC (IRDR Australia) holds Research Advisory Forum in Melbourne
11 December 2014
The second Research Advisory Forum (RAF) for 2014 was held at RMIT University in Melbourne on 3-4 December. Unlike the first Research Advisory Forum in Adelaide in March, the two-days of this second meeting focused on only one half the projects supported
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Sasakawa long list announced
10 December 2014
The 2015 Sasakawa Award has generated a huge response with 88 nominations of individuals and organizations received from a remarkable 44 countries.And the four judges – from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania – have taken the first important s
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ICSU announces Dr. Heide Hackmann to be Executive Director and Dr. Lucilla Spini, Head of Science Programmes
09 December 2014
The International Council for Science announced that Dr. Heide Hackmann, a dual South African-German national, will take over leadership of the organization’s International Secretariat in Paris in March 2015.Hackmann joins the Council from the Internatio
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2nd ISDR Asia Partnership meeting in 2014 concludes in Bangkok
08 December 2014
The 2nd ISDR Asia Partnership Meeting of the year 2014 was held on 2 to 4 December 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting discussed the way forward from the 6th Asia Ministerial Conference, preparation towards the 3rd WCDRR and most importantly preparing
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IRDR ICoE host city Wellington joins 100 Resilient Cities Network
05 December 2014
Wellington undertaken by the Wellington region’s IRDR International Centre of Excellence for Community Resilience (IRDR ICoE CR) has won a bid to be part of the international network 100 Resilient Cities. Last year, The Rockefeller Foundation launched the
