Global-Regional Integration Workshop
Prof. Eugenio de Lima of the Centre for Scientific Support in Disasters Brazil delivering his viewpoint.
The Global-Regional Integration Workshop on Natural Hazards and Disasters began in Kuala Lumpur on 13 September 2012. It plans to develop a framework to harmonise the work on hazards and disasters in ICSU at the global and regional levels. The Workshop will seek a common implementation strategy for the ICSU programme on hazards and disasters.
All three Regional Offices of ICSU have developed science plans on hazards and disasters independent of the ICSU global science plan on hazards and disasters. These plans were prepared with recognition that hazards and disaster concerns in each of the three ICSU regions (Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean) have their own characteristics and priority concerns.
Commonalities and differences of the proposed plans in each region and at the global level will be discussed and a common implementation framework will be developed during the workshop. Gaps will be identified and suggestions for their closure will be discussed. Possible and realistic sources of funds to support the implementation of the proposed framework will be identified.
The workshop is made possible by Sida support to ICSU that is aimed to:
- Strengthening high-quality research in the regions and integrating regional and global research activities;
- Enhancing research capacity in developing countries; and
- Ensuring that there are policy impacts
At the end of the Workshop a framework for the implementation of the ICSU plans on hazards and disasters that integrates both global and regional priorities will be developed..
