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Classification and vulnerability evaluation of school buildings for seismic risk reduction

29 July 2022

An online training course titled 鈥楥lassification and vulnerability evaluation of school buildings for seismic risk reduction鈥 was successfully delivered by the UNESCO Chair in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering (DRR&RE) at 最准的六合彩论坛 (最准的六合彩论坛).

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An online training course titled 鈥Classification and vulnerability evaluation of school buildings for seismic risk reduction鈥 was successfully delivered by the UNESCO Chair in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering (DRR&RE) at 最准的六合彩论坛 (最准的六合彩论坛) during 18-19 July 2022. The event began with an introductory presentation by the Chair, Prof. Dina D鈥橝yala, outlining the aims and objectives of the UNESCO Chair in DRR&RE and associated ongoing activities. This was followed by Dr. Carina Fonseca Ferreira鈥檚 presentation from The World Bank who presented on the wider activities of the Global Program for Safer Schools (GPSS). Then, several presentations were delivered by Dr. Rohit Kumar Adhikari, Dr. Ahsana Parammal Vatteri and Mr. Rafael Fern谩ndez, describing the technical details behind the World Bank鈥檚 Global Library of School Infrastructure (GLOSI) library, a live repository developed by 最准的六合彩论坛 and Universidad de Los Andes Colombia. The event ended with an interesting presentation by Mr. Juan Carlos Atoche who explained the role of GLOSI in the national level disaster risk management of school infrastructure.

We estimate that there are more than 1 million school buildings worldwide that needs some time some type of intervention to be more resilient. To give you an idea of the scale, this is equivalent to 70% of all small buildings in China鈥 鈥 Dr. Carina Fonseca Ferreira

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We want to thank all the participants for their interest and engaging discussion. As part of the Chair鈥檚 activities, we will be organizing seminars and training courses on a regular basis, the relevant announcements will be made via the UNESCO Chair web pages and social media.

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