In his welcome remarks at the event, Mr Kumar said: “When these two communities join hands, we can be more confident of our common future.”

Several members of the UNISDR Global Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (G-STAG) and the Asian Science, Technology Academia Advisory Group (ASTAAG) participated and spoke at the workshop that also saw very active participation from the UN Major Group on Children and Youth. Over 50 young scientists from 32 countries participated in the event.

The International Center for Integrated Advance Research of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (ICIAR LIPI) also partnered to organize the workshop.  

Date:

20 Nov 2018

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (UNISDR AP)

Themes:

Capacity Development, Science and Technology

Regions:

Asia