阪神・淡路大震災記念　人と防災未来センター　The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Insutitution

ある日突然発生し、甚大な被害をもたらす自然災害。世界は今、減災社会の実現のために何をしないといけないかが問われています。その一つの答えがこの「人と防災未来センター」です。 

当センターは国のご支援を得て平成１４年４月に兵庫県が設置し、公益財団法人ひょうご震災記念２１世紀研究機構が運営を行っている施設です。阪神・淡路大震災の経験を語り継ぎ、その教訓を未来に生かすことを通じて、災害文化の形成、地域防災力の向上、防災政策の開発支援を図り、安全・安心な市民協働・減災社会の実現に貢献することをミッションとしており、「減災社会の実現」と「いのちの大切さ」「共に生きることの素晴らしさ」を世界へ、そして未来へと発信していきます。  

さらには、世界的な防災研究の拠点として、災害全般に関する有効な対策の発信地となることをめざします。

Natural disasters occur without warning and inflict grave damage. Today the world wonders what must be done to mitigate the harm these disasters do to society. One of the answers is this Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution.

The DRI, established in Hyogo Prefecture in April 2002 with the support of the Japanese government, is operated by the Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute. Our mission is to mold a culture of disaster awareness, enhance local capacity for disaster management, support the development of disaster management policies, and contribute to creating civic collaboration on safety and security as well as a society with reduced disaster related risks. We do this by passing on experiences from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and making the lessons learned available for the future. We are informing the world both today and posterity about creating a society less at risk from disasters, the importance of life, and how wonderful peaceful coexistence is.

Furthermore, as a center of global disaster management research, we aspire to become an information hub on effective disaster policies in general.