National Committee

The First Consultative Forum of IRDR National Committees was held on 11-12 November 2014 at Wellcome Trust, London, UK, hosted by UKCDS. For information on the meeting and for access to the presentations given, please visit: IRDR’s consultative meeting of National and Regional Committees concludes in UK.Please review the Terms of Reference governing NCs within the IRDR programme. If you have any questions send us an email at connect@irdrinternational.org.

Responsibilities of IRDR NCs

In support of the IRDR Science Plan and the IRDR Scientific Committee, IRDR National and Regional Committee will undertake the following activities:

● Foster and support participation in IRDR on the part of institutions and individual scientists.

● Serve as the national or regional focal point for IRDR.

● Foster networking and collaboration among domestic, regional and international disaster risk reduction science and technology activities.

● Improve science and technology knowledge and considerations of disaster risk reduction science technology in planning, policies and programmes domestically, regionally and internationally.

● Support efforts to update and report on national and international disaster risk reduction activities aligned with the Hyogo Framework of Action’s strategic priorities, with emphasis on the science and technology activities.

● Provide science and technology advice to policy-makers, taking into consideration national, regional and international disaster risk reduction initiatives.

● Assist in fundraising for IRDR activities and projects.

To this end, NCs are encouraged to include representatives from the following key groups: active scientists from the natural, social, health, and engineering sciences, policy makers, and managers of national disaster risk reduction programmes.

Current NCs

NCs

Home Institution

Australia

IRDR Australia

Home Institution: Natural Hazards Research Australia

Canada

IRDR Canada

Home Institution: Science and Technology Working Group, Canada’s Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

China

IRDR China
Home Institution: China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)

Colombia

IRDR Colombia
Home Institution: National Committee of Disaster Risk Knowledge, National Unit for Disaster Risk Management of the Presidency of the Republic of Colombia (Unidad Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres, UNGRD)

France

IRDR France
Home Institution: Scientific Council, Association Française Pour la Prevention des Catastrophes Naturelles (AFPCN)

Germany

IRDR Germany
Home Institution: German Committee for Disaster Reduction (Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V. – DKKV)

Iran

IRDR Iran
Home Institution: International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES)
*IRDR Iran is a group of eight Iranian research institutes and scientific associations. These are the:

International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) – coordinating institute for IRDR Iran
Iranian Earthquake Engineering Association (IEEA)
Disaster Management Research Institute of Shakhesh Pajouh (DMRISP)
Iranian Sociological Association (ISA)
Water Research Institute (WRI)
Iranian Water Resource Association (IR-WRA)
Disaster and Emergency Health Department at Tehran University of Medical Science
Tehran Disaster Management and Mitigation Organization (TDMMO)

Japan

IRDR Japan
Home Institution: Science Council of Japan (SCJ)

New Zealand

IRDR New Zealand
Home Institution: Resilience to Natural Hazards Science Challenge

United States

*IRDR the USA
Home Institution: Natural Hazards Center (NHC), Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
*IRDR the USA is a ‘centre of centres’ taking advantage of the research capacities of university-based centres that specialise in different aspects of hazards and disasters and that represent diverse disciplines.

Indonesia

IRDR Indonesia
Home Institution: Indonesia Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

Korea

IRDR the Republic of Korea
Home Institution: National Disaster Management Research Institute (NDMI) in Ministry of the Interior and Safety

Nepal

IRDR Nepal
Home Institution: National Reconstruction Authority of Nepal

PRIORITY AREAS FOR ACTIONS

Priority Areas for Actions of NCs

August 10,2023

The Priority Areas for Actions will indicate how NCs contribute to the implementation of the Global Research Framework. The details will be presented soon.

MAIN DELIVERABLES

Main Deliverables of NCs

August 10,2023

The Main Deliverables will present the efforts and outputs of each NC. The contributions will be collected and presented soon.