The Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy and Environmental Systems Laboratory for the third time organize a series of open lectures on Disaster Management and Risk Reduction at CEU.
The lectures are to be conducted by practitioners from relevant organizations worldwide.
The following talks are scheduled in the Winter Term:
Feb 5th, at 13:30, Nador 9 (Monument Building), room 201
Andras Molnar (Disaster Preparedness Focal Point, Hungarian Red Cross)
Feb 12th, at 13:30, Nador 15, room 103
Armen Grigoryan (UNDP Regional Centre for Europe and CIS)
"Resilience and Sustainability: UNDP Approach - Linkages between SFDRR, Paris Agreement and SDGs"
Feb 26th, at 13:30, Nador 9 (Monument Building), room 201
Ivana Vuco (USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance)
"The Practice of Humanitarian Assistance and Information Management in the Midst of Crisis Situations"
Feb 28th, at 13:30, Nador 15, room 103
Douglas Cripe (Group on Earth Observations)
"Earth Observations in Support of Disaster Risk Reduction"
Mar 4th, at 13:30, Nador 9 (Monument building), room 201
Philip Frost (iMMAP)
"Advanced Fire Information System (AFIS)"
Mar 11th, at 14:30, Nador 9 (Monument building), room 201
John Patterson (USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance)
"Sendai in Action: Implementing Disaster Risk Reduction Activities, a Donor's Perspective"
The details of other talks by DRR practitioners such as national or UN agencies will be announced shortly.
More information about open lectures organized in previous years can be found through the following links:
- First Year of Disaster Management Open Lecture Series
- Second Year of Disaster Management Open Lecture Series
- Third Year of Disaster Management Open Lecture Series
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