Mission
The essence of the Center is to do multidisciplinary and high level research in understanding phenomena and assessing related hazard and risk. Another crucial component of the Center is to provide training on how to incorporate risk science into everyday reality in an attempt to reduce losses to an acceptable level as well as on how to communicate effectively with government agencies, media, public and private sectors before, during and after natural hazard events.
Disaster Reduction Goal
Strengthening local capacities by providing a multidisciplinary training
DRR activities
Policies and Programmes in DRR
- master program in geology, option geological risk
- specialized certificate in assessing and managing geological and climate related risk
- short training on disaster risk reduction
Risk assessment and early warning systems (HFA 2)
world-class innovative research on hazard and risk assessment related to volcanoes
Education, information and public awareness (HFA 3)
- offering short and medium trainings in the field of risk assessment and risk reduction strategies
- experts for various medias (e.g. radio, TV) and national or international agencies in case of major events like volcanic eruptions and earthquakes