News and Events

Periperi U join new Af-STAG and AYAB

Staff from the Periperi U partners were invited to apply to become members of the newly...

Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019

Makerere University collaborated with Boston University to develop and organise a summer school titled “Humanitarian Engineering...

Building Code Workshop for the seismically active region of Mount Cameroon

On 3 July, the partners based at the University of Buea held a Expert committee meeting/workshop to...

Request for Expression of Interest (EOI): Strengthening of SADC Regional Disaster Preparedness and Response Institutional and Coordination Mechanisms

The SADC Secretariat has received a loan from the World Bank towards the implementation of the STRENGTHENING...

KNYSNA FIRES OF 2017: LEARNING FROM THIS DISASTER

The Partners based at Stellenbosch University South Africa, in collaboration with Santam and the CSIR (Council...

2019 Global Platform Report

During the sixth session Global Platform on DRR , held in Geneva Switzerland, the 2019 edition...

Periperi U at the Global Platform 2019

From 13 - 17 May 2019, representatives from the Periperi U partners travelled to Geneva, Switzerland...

Periperi U Phase IV Evaluation Report Released

  Recently, Periperi U had an evaluation on its activities between 26 May 2016 to 25 May...

Accelerating Scientific, Academic and Technology Capability to Advance Risk Reduction and Resilience-Building 2019-2030

The Science and Technology Advisory Group (STAG) Working Group recently released a report on their findings...

UCL IRDR 9th Annual Conference

Unviversity College of London's Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) will be holding their 9th...

Lecturer position at Charles Darwin University: Humanitarian, Emergency and Disaster Management Studies

POSITION INFORMATION Based at Charles darwin University, Australia 3 years fixed-term, full time appointment Academic level B/C salary, $98,017...

UNISDR GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION 2019: SCIENCE AND POLICY FORUM 13 -14 MAY

  The Global Platform for Disaster Reduction is the world's foremost gathering on reducing disaster risk and...

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR SELECTION OF MEMBERS FOR THE AFRICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY GROUP (A-STAG)

The African Union Commission (AUC) seeks to develop an African Science and Technology Advisory Group (A-STAG)....

ESTABLISHMENT OF AFRICA YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (AYAB - DRR)

The African Union Heads of State and Government expressed their strong commitment to the implementation of...

Presenting on Traditional Earthquake Riisk Reduction Construction Techniques

Professor Djillali Benouar, the periperi U director for partners based at USTHB in Algiers, Algeria participated at...

Working together with the World Food Program

After several months of discussions and meetings, the Periperi Partners CERED/DMGRC (Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches...

Online Research Center hits One Million Searches per month

The Online Research Center has seen over 1 million searchers performed each month since January 2018,...

Passing of Professor Mateugue Diack

On 23 November 2018, the Periperi U partners lost one of it's dearest comrades and champions, Professor...