Professor Grimaz to Speak at the Balkan Economic Forum 2024
Professor Stefano Grimaz will be speaking at the Balkan Economic Forum 2024, participating in Panel 2: Climate Resilience: Navigating Challenges While Unlocking Opportunities. He will share his insights and research on disaster management and resilience in the face of climate change, alongside other experts and policymakers.
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Resilience Catalyst – Global Webinar of UNESCO Chairs focused on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience – June 19, 2024.
Under the umbrella of the Disaster Risk Reduction Unit of the Natural Sciences Sector of UNESCO, our UNESCO Chair is hosting the Global Webinar entitled "Resilience Catalysts: The Interplay of Education, Science and Culture in Transforming Governance for Building Resilience to Disasters – Insights from UNESCO Chairs", on June
Learning from Disaster: PoliMI Students explore Earthquake Recovery in Friuli Venezia Giulia
From 29 to 30 May 2024, twenty-eight students representing thirteen countries* around the world visited the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.
Their purpose? To explore the areas affected by the devastating 1976 earthquake, a disaster that highlighted the evolving role of the Italian Civil Protection and sparked an intense period of
Multi-Hazard Exercise SERMex 2024
16-18 May 2024
A summary of the three-days SERMex 2024 exercise
The SERMex 2024 concluded successfully, offering an important opportunity to test the tools and procedures implemented and tested within the activities of the SERM Academy. Firefighters (VVF) and the Regional Civil Protection of Friuli Venezia Giulia (PCR-FVG) collaborated effectively,
2nd Annual Assembly of the Network of Italian UNESCO Chairs
The 2nd Annual Assembly of the Network of Italian UNESCO Chairs (ReCUI) took place on January 24, 2024, at the Department of Law, Economics, and Culture of the University of Insubria, in the Aula Magna of the campus in Via Sant’Abbondio, Como.
Our UNESCO Chair actively participated in this
ResiliEnhance Field-Trip FVG 2023
Building on the momentum of the 2022 ResiliEnhance launch event, we are continuing the collaborative research approach at the base of the ResiliEnhance Platform, through retrospective post-event analyses of real disaster governance case studies using an evidence-based approach.
From November 6 to 7, the first field trip of the ResiliEnhance
Presentation of the Udine Chart at the 9th International Kraft Conference, Hungary
The Chairholder prof. Grimaz presented the Udine Chart at the 9th International Kraft Conference held in Veszprém, Hungary. This significant event marked an important moment in our efforts to promote resilience and safety on a global scale.
The 9th International Kraft Conference
The 9th International Kraft Conference, titled "Kraft