Agreements & Collaborations

Cooperation agreements with a number of renowned institutions actively involved in earthquake engineering and engineering seismology, weather, geological, chemical and environmental risk research are currently in place, allowing cooperation in research activities, combined organisation of seminars and conferences, exchange of technical data and publications, and most important the possibility of student exchange initiatives. Agreements are currently available with the following institutions:

 

Universities

University of Canterbury - New Zealand

University of Toronto - Canada

University at Buffalo - USA

Universidad Austral de Chile

McMaster University, Canada

IFSTTAR (Insitut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'amènagement et des rèseaux), France                                                        

 

Public/private organisations

European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE) - Italy

GEM Foundation (Global Earthquake Model) - Italy

Joint Research Centre,  Italy

National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) - Italy

International Centre on Environmental Monitoring (CIMA Research Foundation)

ImageCat - USA

World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA)

Munich Re (Geo Risks Department) - Germany

Oxfam International

Centre for Disaster Preparedness and Management (University of Peshawar) - Pakistan