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Warming up for the ADA Winter School

2017 ADA Winter School Registrations for the 2017 Winter School have been brisk since we opened booking...

DECLARATION OF THE FIFTH HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, MAURITIUS ON 25 NOVEMBER 2016

Mauritius Declaration on the Implementation of the Sendai Framework in Africa We, the Ministers and Heads of...

Cartographies communautaires des risques d’inondation et analyse des vulnérabilités De la ville d’Antananarivo

Le présent document est le fruit des initiatives de recherche des membres de l’équipe du programme...

6th Africa Regional Platform for DRR releasing statement to stress promoting Scientific, Technical and Academic Communities in DRR

In 6th Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, IRDR co-hosted with ICoE REAL and Periperi...

6th Session of African Regional Platform Programme and Key Documents Available

Representatives of African countries, stakeholder groups and development and humanitarian partners will gather in Mauritius, 22-25...

AFRICAN DOCTORAL ACADEMY SUMMER SCHOOL

The 2017 ADA Summer School in Research Methods and Academic Career Development will take place from 9 –...

New Publication “OFF the RADAR” Examines Consequences of High Impact Weather Events

Periperi U partner RADAR, based at Stellenbosch University South Africa has just published its findings from...

Strengthening urban resilience in African cities: Understanding and addressing urban risk

Dr Robyn Pharoah of the Research Alliance for Disaster and Risk Reduction (RADAR) of Stellenbosch University along...

REGISTRATION FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES – STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA

Registration has opened for the 2017 Stellenbosch University academic year. Prospective students can apply for either; 1)Disaster...

DISCUSSING RISK AT THE SSAG 2016 STUDENT CONFERENCE

The Society of South African Geographers (SSAG) held its 16th Annual Student Conference at Stellenbosch University...

INTRODUCING THE UNIVERSITY OF BUEA TO PERIPERI U

The Periperi U partnership would like to officially introduce the University of Buea (UBuea) as its...

PPU attends 3rd SASDiR Biennial Conference

PPU attends 3rd SASDiR Biennial Conference Representatives from Periperi U are currently attending the Third Biennial Conference of the Southern...

Celebrating International Day for Disaster Reduction 2016

October 13th 2016 served as the 17th International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), a day in...

2017 Global Platform for DRR – Cancun, Mexico

The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (Global Platform), as recognized by the UN General Assembly,...

TIME TO LET GO - Remaking humanitarian action for the modern era

The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG), One of the world's leading teams working on humanitarian issues, has...

Urban Risk Reduction: Developing and Implementing Resilience Action Plans for Cities - Online courses

Course Information Type:Training CourseOrganizer:UNISDR Office for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk...

Society of South African Geographers Conference 2016

The Society of South African Geographers 10th Biennial Conference, Stellenbosch, 25 - 28 September 2016 The Society of...

Young Seismologists Training Course

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics and the European Seismological Commission, will organize an...