Global Center of Excellence for Water Hazard and Risk Management
ICHARM The International Centre for Water Hazard
Our Mission
The mission of ICHARM is to serve as the Centre of Excellence to provide and assist implementation of best practicable strategies to localities, nations, regions, and the globe to manage the risk of water related disasters.
- 13 August 2010
- ICHARM-UNU Joint International Symposium "Floods – A global problem that needs local solutions"
An international symposium, "Floods – A global problem that needs local solutions", will be jointly held by ICHARM and the United Nations University (UNU) on 28 September 2010 at UNU in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.
Closing date for registration is 17 September 2010 (Japan Standard Time).
- 30 July 2010
- Accepting Applications for Ph. D. Disaster Management Program 2011
The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and ICHARM are jointly accepting applications for "Ph. D. Disaster Management Program 2011".
Application must be received by 1 November 2010 (Japan Standard Time).
- 30 July 2010
- ICHARM Newsletter Volume 5 No.2 (Issue No.17) is Now Available
The latest version of ICHARM newsletter is now available.
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- International Symposium
“Floods – A global problem that needs local solutions”
- ICHARM signed the MoU with TDMRC
- Master’s course update
- Introduction of "IFAS" (No.5)
You can download from here.
- 9 July 2010
- ICHARM Signed the MoU with TDMRC
On 21 June 2010, the management of the Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC) of Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, visited ICHARM and signed an MoU on collaborative researches and training courses.
- 7 May 2010
- Team Leader Miyake Awarded the 2009 JSCE Continuing International Contribution Award
Katsuhito Miyake, team leader of the Disaster Prevention Research Team of the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), will be awarded the 2009 Continuing International Contribution Award by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) for his longtime contribution to global water issues.
The awarding ceremony was held on 28 May at the 96th JSCE Regular Meeting.
- 1 April 2010
- International Workshop on Sustainable Tsunami Disaster Management
ICHARM, in cooperation with the Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center (TDMRC) of Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia carried out an international workshop on sustainable tsunami disaster management. The workshop was held from March 9th to 11th, 2010 at Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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