Disaster risk mitigation in Palestine

Type:: Meeting or Conference
Organizer:: An-Najah National University, Earth Sciences and Seismic Engineering Center (NNU)
Other organizer:: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States (UNISDR ROAS)
Date:: 26 Feb 2013
Location:: Palestinian Territory, Occupied
Venue:: NNU New Campus. - Registration and Opening Ceremony to be held in the Prince Turki Bin Abdul Aziz Theater - Workshop sessions to be held in the Korean - Palestinian IT Institute of Excellence, Conference Hall
Language:: Arabic, English

On the occasion of launching the activities of the SASPARM project Seismic Risk Mitigation in Palestine, under the patronage of the President of An-Najah National University (NNU); Professor Rami Hamdallah, and the visit of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for disaster risk reduction Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom, the Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction Center at the University is having a workshop entitled: Disaster Risk Mitigation in Palestine.

The main discussion topics of the workshop are:
• How to make cities more resilient?
• Safe public institutions (Schools and hospitals)
• An overview of the SASPARM project (funded by EU - FP7 projects)

The workshop will also include a panel session. The panel will be comprised of representatives from ministries and Palestinian institutions engaged in Disaster Risk Reduction.