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1 The ICSU Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean: a new opportunity for collaboration in Understanding and Managing Risk Associated with Natural Hazards Alice Abreu Director of ICSU-LAC AGU The Meeting of the Americas 2010 Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil * 8 12 August

2 ICSU: Who and what? Founded in 1931 A membership organization with: 116 National Members, and 30 International Scientific Unions Establishes interdisciplinary bodies in key areas Limited finances but unique worldwide access to intellectual resources

3 Strategic themes Three inter-related themes: International Research Collaboration Science and Policy Universality of Science

4 International Research Collaboration Complex scientific challenges New knowledge and new approaches necessary Trans-disciplinary: natural and social sciences need to work together Many stakeholders outside of science involved Politically (and economically) sensitive/important Raise issues of equity and openness Critical links between local and global challenges and solutions

5 ICSU Regional Offices

6 Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean The third Regional Office to be established (April 2007) Hosted by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Main financial support by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil, together with ICSU and CONACYT From October 2010 relocation to Mexico at the Mexican Academy of Sciences

7 National Scientific Members 1 Argentina CONICET 2 Bolivia Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia (ANCB) 3 Brazil Academia Brasileira de Ciências 4 Chile Academia Chilena de Ciencias 5 Colombia Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales 6 Cuba Academia de Ciencias de Cuba 7 Dominican Republic Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic 8 Jamaica Scientific Research Council 9 México Academia Mexicana de Ciencias National Members in LAC 10 Panama Universidad de Panamá 11 Peru Academia Nacional de Ciencias National Scientific Associates 1 Caribbean (1) Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS) 2 Guatemala Academia de Ciencias Médicas Físicas y Naturales de Guatemala National Scientific Observers 1 Costa Rica Academia Nacional de Ciencias 2 Uruguay Consejo Nacional de Innovación Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICYT) 3 Venezuela Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Scientific Associates 1 Latin America Academia de Ciencias de América Latina (1)The following countries are covered: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago 7

8 Scientific Unions Regional Contacts Scientific Unions International Astronomical Union (IAU) International Geographical Union (IGU) International Mathematical Union (IMU) International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) International Union of Geological Science (IUGS) International Union for Pure & Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) International Union of Phsychological Sciences (IUPsyS) International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Regional Contact Marta Rovira (CONICET) Irasema Alcántara-Ayala (UNAM) Marcelo Viana (IMPA) Luiz Paulo Souto Fortes (IBGE) Marta Mantovani (USP) Marcelo Morales (UFRJ) Ram S Lamba (UPR) Carmen Cisneros (UNAM) Juan Jose Sanchez (UNAM) Luiz Bevilacqua (LNCC) Emanoel Costa (PUC-Rio) International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Bastiaan Louman CATIE 8

9 Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean José Antonio de la Peña (México) Chair Tara Dasgupta (Jamaica) Patricio Felmer (Chile) Mahabir Gupta (Panamá) Enrique Lessa (Uruguay) Arturo Martinez (Argentina) Carmen Samayoa (Guatemala) Elena Vigil (Cuba) Ex Officio Jerson Lima Silva (ABC) Sérgio Pastrana (ICSU EB) Deliang Chen (ICSU Secret.) Alice Abreu (ICSU-LAC) 9

10 Mission Ensure that the regional priorities are reflected in ICSU strategic plan through the development of sound regional scientific programs.

11 The ICSU Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean: a new opportunity for collaboration in the region 2008 Annual Report 2009 Annual Report 2007 Annual Report 11

12 Developing regional scientific programs in priority areas for Latin America and the Caribbean 4 Scientific Planning Groups ToRs defined by RCLAC 12 meetings from December 2007 to August 2008 The aim of the ICSU Science Plans is to become a reference to the development of scientific research in these areas in the years to come, and to promote the active involvement of the countries of the region in their implementation.

13 Developing regional scientific programs in priority areas for Latin America and the Caribbean - PUBLICATION IN 2010 Biodiversity knowledge, scope of research and priority areas: an assessment for Latin America and the Caribbean Mathematics Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: a reality to be transformed Sustainable Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean: potentialities for the future. Understanding and Managing Risk Associated with Natural Hazards: An Integrated Scientific Approach in LAC 13

14 Natural Hazards and Disasters Omar Dario Cardona (Colombia) Chair, Juan Carlos Bertoni (Argentina). Tony Gibbs (Barbados), Michel Hermelin (Colombia), Allan Lavell (Costa Rica/UK) Understanding and Managing Risk Associated with Natural Hazards: An Integrated Scientific Approach in Latin America and the Caribbean The main objective of the proposed research program is to contribute to better and more effective understanding of disaster risk and disaster risk management in the Latin American and Caribbean regions, promoting research in an integrated interdisciplinary framework. 14

15 Natural Hazards and Disasters Understanding risk, the processes that lead to its construction or development and the development of adequate risk reduction and control mechanisms requires an improved and increased research endeavour. Given the multi dimensional nature of risk and the multiple natural and social factors that intervene in its development and in the ways society understands and reacts to it, this research must be minimally based on multidisciplinary formats and optimally on those that promote interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research. 15

16 Science for a better life: developing regional scientific programs in priority areas for Latin America and the Caribbean Volume 2 16

17 At the global level: Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) The International Programme Office for IRDR has been established in Beijing, at the Centre for Earth Observation and Digital Earth (CEODE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 10-year lifespan of the programme. IRDR Executive Director - Dr Jane Rovins 17

18 Thank you!

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