2023-05-30

The International Online Conference to Address Water-Related Disasters under COVID-19 was held successfully on August 20, 2020

The International Online Conference to address Water-Related Disasters under COVID-19 was held virtually on Thursday 20th August 2020. The Online Conference was jointly organized by the High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), the Asian De...

2023-05-30

Prof. Gretchen Kalonji helped organize and spoke at the 15th Meeting of the High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP)

On May 29, 2020, the 15th Meeting of the High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP) was held virtually under the auspices of H.E. Dr. Han Seung-soo, the HELP Chair, the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, and the former President of the UN General Assembly.The High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disaster (HELP) was convened in 2007 at the reques...

2023-05-30

The 2nd Discussion Meeting of the Alliance of International Science Organizations on Disaster Risk Reduction (ANSO-DRR) was successfully held in collaboration with IDMR

On May 18, 2020, the 2nd Discussion Meeting of the Alliance of International Science Organizations on Disaster Risk Reduction (ANSO-DRR) was held virtually in collaboration with the Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University. The goals of the meeting were to provide updates and development of the ANSO-DRR since the 1st Discussion Meeting in Beijing (May 11, ...

2023-05-30

IDMR faculty member wins TOYM Award in the Philippines

Dr. Glenn Fernandez, Associate Professor at SCU’s Institute of Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR) has just received the highest honor for young people under the age of 40 from the Supreme Court justice in his home country, the Philippines on December 13, 2019. The TOYM Awards in the Philippines started in 1959. It was adapted from the TOYM Awards in the US. It is a national award wi...