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REUNIR: Call for Communication International Symposium

  International scientific symposium on:   MIGRATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD SECURITY AND RESILIENCE IN THE SAHEL>>          ...

Climate and Disaster Risk Financing Short Course at Stellenbosch University

Between 24-27 April 2023, Stellenbosch University and The United Nations Development programme jointly hosted a short...

AFRICA DAY 2022

In line with Africa Day which is on 25 May, Stellenbosch University celebrates the event through various events and opinion pieces published around...

RE INVENTING DISASTER STUDIES: FOUR CHALLENGES FOR A MORE MEANINGFUL FUTURE

This PERIPERI U TALKS session will start from the observation that we often claim that disasters...

EIGHTH AFRICA REGIONAL PLATFORM FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION: Higher Education Contributions towards a Resilient Africa

  REGISTER TO ATTEND BY CLICKING HERE   EIGHTH AFRICA REGIONAL PLATFORM FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION: Higher Education Contributions...

GAR Special Report on Drought - Webinar

Topic GAR Special Report on Drought - Africa Region Description The GAR Special Report on Drought highlights new ways...

ADA online Summer School 2022 launch &  Mendeley Webinar 

We are proud to announce that registration is open for our next online ADA Summer School, that will...

Water-Energy-Food Nexus Webinar series :Solutions Using Water-Energy- Food Nexus Approaches

The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus is a useful framework for addressing complex transdisciplinary natural resource and environmental...

Disaster resilience and risk in the context on Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Insights from Africa

This is the first session of the 2nd Round of Webinar on Water-Energy-Food Nexus. It focuses...

Local and International Student Applications for Postgraduate Disaster risk Studies at Stellenbosch University

The Research Alliance for Disaster and Risk Reduction (RADAR), at Stellenbosch University is offering two Posgraduate...

SADC Hydromet Forum on June 22

SADC Hydromet Forum on June 22 in the session: “Linking academic networks for hydromet, early warning...

ECOSOC Youth Forum Africa Regional Breakout Session

  the Africa Regional Breakout Session will take place fully virtually through Zoom on Thursday, 8 April 2021,...

PERIPERI U TALKS

INTRODUCTION For the Past 15 years, the PERIPERI U Partners have been involved with Disaster Risk Education,...

Online Intro to GIS short course 2021

The Centre for Geographical Analysis at Stellenbosch University is offering GIS and remote sensing training. View this...

Planning COVID-19 recovery in Sahel countries: Officials and academics learn to assess needs, effects and impact

Original story written by UNDP, Posted on November 30, 2020    By working closely with Stellenbosch University and the PERIPERI U network of...

African Doctoral Academy: Online Summer Doctoral School 2021

African Doctoral Academy: Online Summer Doctoral School 2021   View in web browser       Online Summer Doctoral School AFRICAN DOCTORAL ACADEMY Stellenbosch University 13...

UNDRR GETI Online Courses & Launch of MCR2030 | UNDRR & Partners Local Gov Financing for Local Resilience |UNDRR-UNITAR Making Cities Resilient (Accessible course in English and Spanish)

We are pleased to share the following UNDRR GETI online courses and launch of MCR2030 with partners.  Launch...

Celebrating International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction within a Crisis Overcoming obstacles and recognizing opportunities

The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was started in 1989, to promote a global culture...