2008 International
Disaster Management Symposium
"Towards Sustainable Community"
Date: 2008.01.18 (Fri)
Time: 13:00 - 17:00
Location: Yomiuri Kobe Hall
2nd Floor of the Yomiuri Building 1-2-10 Sakaemachi-dori, Chuo-ku,
Kobe
Capacity: 200
Guests must register by 5 PM, Jan 16 (Wed.)
Keynote Speakers:
Jerry Velasquez, Senior Regional Coordinator UN/ISDR Secretariat
Asia and the Pacific
Maureen Fordham, Programme Leader, MSc in Disaster Management and Sustainable
Development, University of Northumbria
Also: Special Exhibition of Disaster Management Activity Reports and References Open to the General Public: Reference material and brochures from UNCRD and other UN agencies and international NGOs are available on-site for free distribution at limited quantity. Jan 11 to 20, 2008 Everyday between 10:00 - 17:30 Location: Yomiuri Kobe Hall 1st Floor of the Yomiuri Building, "Y Square" 1-2-10 Sakaemachi-dori, Chuo-ku
2007 International Disaster
Management Symposium
"Culture of Disaster Prevention in
the Context of Housing and Urbanisation"
Date: 2007.01.18 (Thr)
Time: 13:00 - 17:00
Location: Yomiuri Kobe Hall
2nd Floor of the Yomiuri Building 1-2-10 Sakaemachi-dori,
Chuo-ku, Kobe
Capacity: 200
If you would like to attend the symposium, please contact us
in advance
Applications and Inquiries
UNCRD Disaster Management Planning Hyogo Office
Hito-Mirai-Kan 5th floor, Wakinohama-kaigan-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe
651-0073, Japan
TEL: +81-78-262-5560
FAX: +81-78-262-5668
email: rep@hyogo.uncrd.or.jp
http://www.hyogo.uncrd.or.jp Click
here to download the pamphlet with program and profile of participants
(PDF)
Local Facilitators for the "Gender in Urbanisation and CBDM" HTFVIII research project (for Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Deadline Dec.31) see details here.
"Urbanisation
and Community-Based Disaster Management"
Hyogo Trust Fund (HTF) VII Research
Project
HTF VII Participatory Workshops Convened:
2006 July 12-13 Dhaka, Bangladesh
2006 July 19-21 Khatmandu, Nepal
2006 July 28-29 Moratuwa, Sri Lanka