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UNESCO CHAIR on Natural Hazards in the Geosphere, the Hydrosphere and
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| The National Observatory of Athens (NOA), UNESCO Chair of the Natural Hazards in the Geosphere, the Hydrosphere and the Atmosphere, established within the framework of UNESCO-BRESCE, the Secretariat of the South Eastern European (SEE) Disasters Risk Assessment and Mitigation Network, at the Institute of Geodynamics, in March 2007. The network is formed by research institutes from the fields of geology/geodynamics from the following countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. The Director of the network is Dr. G. Stavrakakis and the Secretary is Dr. G. Chouliaras, Institute of Geodynamics, NOA, until March 2009. The human resources of The Institute of Geodynamics that contribute to the SEE network includes the academic staff (12 research scientists), scientific staff (6), technical staff (10) and administrative staff (2). The main objective of the SEE Network is to elaborate and implement a sub-regional strategy for seismic risk assessment and mitigation in South-East Europe and to strengthen co-operation in the sub-region, and between the region and countries outside. To this end, the Network shall carry out the following:
(a) Foster bilateral and multilateral collaboration between participating and other institutions; (b) Address issues concerning the training and mobility of young researchers in seismology, geophysics, tectonics and natural hazards (including software and hardware training) (c) Organize sub-regional research workshops on given themes; (d) Identify priority areas for research co-operation and elaborate projects to be carried out by participating research institutions; (e) Prepare appropriate joint project proposals to be submitted to funding sources; (f) Identify ways and means of sharing experience and research facilities, including the preparation of inventories of expertise and infrastructure; (g) Seek better access to scientific literature and research data and link to large international projects such as GALILEO etc (h) Promote and disseminate knowledge and experience in the respective countries (i) Capacity building and Developing skills for decision making on Environmental Impact on Health: Extreme weather and Natural Disasters
Conferences/ Meetings The 1st Seismic Risk Assessment and Mitigation Meeting of the South Eastern European (SEE) Disasters Risk Assessment and Mitigation Network took place in Athens Greece on March 14-16, 2007. The meeting was organized by the Institute of Geodynamics- National Observatory of Athens and the following eight (8) countries were officially represented: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. In total 29 people attended the meeting.
Multimedia material
Title: "1st Seismic Risk Assesment and Mitigation Meeting" Year: 2007 CD ROM - Duration: 195 MB Format: PPT Language: English Main keywords: Seismological Networks of The SEE Countries.
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