Social Sciences
On behalf of Munich Re and the United Nations Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) I am pleased to present the first RISK Award. It was launched with the Global Risk Forum during the 3rd Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva earlier this year and offers a ?100,000 award to the first place project. The award will support the most promising proposal in risk reduction and disaster management and will be handed over at GRF Davos' biennial IDRC Davos conferences ? for the first time on 26 August 2012 at the 4th IDRC Davos 2012.
The objective of the RISK Award is to increase people's resilience to risks and disasters, especially in developing countries. A further objective is to stimulate new and innovative approaches towards improved disaster prevention.
The first 2012 award will focus on Early Warning in Urban Areas.
Application deadline: 31 December 2011.
Additional information on the RISK Award can be found on the Munich Re Foundation website: www.munichre-foundation.org
To apply to the Risk Award please download the proposal form at: www.risk-award.org
Please send complete forms before 31 December 2011 to: [email protected]
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Social Sciences
Risk Award
On behalf of Munich Re and the United Nations Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) I am pleased to present the first RISK Award. It was launched with the Global Risk Forum during the 3rd Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva earlier this year and offers a ?100,000 award to the first place project. The award will support the most promising proposal in risk reduction and disaster management and will be handed over at GRF Davos' biennial IDRC Davos conferences ? for the first time on 26 August 2012 at the 4th IDRC Davos 2012.
The objective of the RISK Award is to increase people's resilience to risks and disasters, especially in developing countries. A further objective is to stimulate new and innovative approaches towards improved disaster prevention.
The first 2012 award will focus on Early Warning in Urban Areas.
Application deadline: 31 December 2011.
Additional information on the RISK Award can be found on the Munich Re Foundation website: www.munichre-foundation.org
To apply to the Risk Award please download the proposal form at: www.risk-award.org
Please send complete forms before 31 December 2011 to: [email protected]
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