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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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Integrated Disaster Risk Management Conference in Canada
05 November 2014
The 5th IDRIM Conference in 2014 highlighted opportunities to reduce risks in the long term, through both science and technology investment and insights and by changing political will and societal behaviour. The conference was hosted by the Western Univer
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IRDR International Centre of Excellence co-hosts ISSC seminar on “Sustainable Urbanization”
04 November 2014
The second World Social Science Fellows seminar on sustainable urbanisation, Transformations to Sustainability in Urban Contexts, convened in Taipei last 3 November bringing together 21 scientists who will work together to develop new, interdisciplinary p
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Safe Schools Leaders called for worldwide initiative for safe schools
03 November 2014
The first meeting of Safe Schools Leaders in Istanbul, Turkey last 30-31 October, organized by the Government of Turkey in cooperation with UNISDR, called for political commitments to safer schools. By becoming Safe Schools Leaders, Governments are encour
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IRDR National Committee in Germany (DKKV) signs MoU with Kyrgyz Republic to strengthen coordination for DRR
31 October 2014
The IRDR National Committee in Germany (German Committee for Disaster Reduction - DKKV) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Secretariat of the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction of Kyrgyz Republic to strengthen collaboration bet
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5th Digital Earth Summit in Japan
30 October 2014
The 5th Digital Earth Summit will take place in Nagoya, Japan from 9-11 November 2014. With the theme, " Digital Earth for ESD (Education for Sustainable Development)", the event aims to bring together nations and institutions to share accomplishments in
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ICSU report on Open access to scientific data and literature and the assessment of research by metrics
29 October 2014
After feedback from a CODATA sponsored workshop convened during the 2014 ICSU General Assembly, ICSU published a new report with recommendations on Open Access to scientific data and information such as related data and software. It sees Open Access as a
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Beyond Bushfires: Community, Resilience and Recovery
29 October 2014
Adapting a research model of cross-stakeholder involvement pioneered for the DRR research domain in Australia, the IRDR National Committee Australia “Bushfire & Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre (BNH CRC)”, an ARC-funded research five-year s
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IRDR SC member Shuaib Lwasa at the Third High Level Forum on UN GGIM
28 October 2014
The Third High Level Forum on UN Global Geospatial Information Management focusing on “Sustainable Development with Geospatial Information” last 22 – 24 October brought together member states and geospatial stakeholders with the unique opportunity to shar
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Pan-Asia Risk Reduction (PARR) Fellowship Program proposes partnership
27 October 2014
Following a proposal submitted by Hasan Virji of the International START Secretariat, a recent strategy meeting at the IRDR International Centre of Excellence in Taipei heard a presentation of the new Pan-Asia Risk Reduction (PARR) Fellowship Program.The
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IRDR REAL: African universities reach out to local disaster managers
26 October 2014
Dr. Mateugue Diack, of the University of Gaston Berger, in Saint-Louis, Senegal, one of the leaders of the IRDR International Centre of Excellence in Africa, REAL, spoke at the United Cities and Local Governments congress in Rabat in early October 2014.A
