Last updated: 31 October, 2008    

Disaster Mitigation in Asia
Issue No. 2 
31 March 2003

A. From the Region
B. Grants and Scholarships
C. Conferences & Courses
D. Useful Resources

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Safer Cities Project

The Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS) and the World Seismic Safety Initiative (WSSI) launched the SAFER Cities Project which aim to redistribute Strong-motion Accelerographs For Earthquake loss Reduction (SAFER) in cities with high seismic risk. The project is an initiative to create awareness, to educate, and to accelerate earthquake hazard mitigation efforts in urbanized high seismic risk regions of the world with few or no strong-motion instruments.

Non-profit organizations and agencies that have little or no means of recording the next damaging earthquake in urbanized areas of the world are encouraged to apply to receive instrumentation under the SAFER Cities Project. Application forms are available from <http://www.cosmos-eq.org> (click on the heading "Projects")

For more information, e-mail <COSMOS@PEER.Berkeley.edu>.

Tuition Scholarships at New York Group for Technology Transfer

The New York Group for Technology Transfer, an educational organization based in New York that specializes in management training on sustainable development issues has tuition scholarships available for qualified candidates to pursue short-term courses in a range of fields including disaster management.

The 10-day intensive courses are experiential-based and are directed to government and community officials, policy planners and professionals from the different fields. Students are exposed to the latest developments and cutting-edge technologies. The courses are built upon a combination of lectures and professional visits.

Minimum requirements are a University degree and relevant experience in the candidates' area of interest. Once admitted in the course of their preference, candidates will be offered a tuition scholarship. They or their sponsors will then have to cover the air fare and the non-tuition expenses approximately USD 3,000).

To register online or obtain additional information, visit <http://www.nygtt.org> or e-mail Mr. Carlos Narvaez at <cnarvaez@nygtt.org>.

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