Announcement: Regional Seminar on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Central Asia
The Kazakhstan Agency of International Development (KazAID), the Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction (CESDRR), and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) invite experts and partners to the Regional Seminar on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Central Asia: Evidence-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Partnerships.
- Date: November 4, 2026
- Time: 09:30 – 12:30 (Almaty Time / GMT+5)
- Format: Hybrid (In-person at CESDRR, Almaty, Kazakhstan & Online)
- Languages: English and Russian (with simultaneous interpretation)
Overview & Objectives
This seminar aims to provide a regional platform for exchanging evidence-based practices and lessons learned in disaster risk reduction (DRR), enhancing critical infrastructure resilience, and fostering inter-agency partnerships across Central Asia.
Key Speakers:
- Satoru Nishikawa — Senior Advisor to JICA, Specially Appointed Professor at Tohoku University (Keynote);
- Vladimir Lapin — Leading Kazakhstani scholar in earthquake engineering, Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Academician of KazAACE, Head of Laboratory at the National Scientific Center for Seismological Observations and Research, Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Аlongside technical sessions with leading Kazakhstani researchers and regional DRR practitioners.
Registration Details
Interested participants are kindly requested to complete the online registration form by October 30, 2026.
*Note: For in-person attendees, travel and accommodation expenses are to be covered by the sending organization/participant.