International Workshop on Mitigation of Disasters due to Severe Climate Events: From Policy To Practice Colombo, Sri Lanka, 10–13 March 2016
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Greetings from the Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and OtherDeveloping Countries (NAM S&T Centre)!!
An inescapable effect of the climate change is the increase in the occurrence and severity of natural disaster events. To deal with these it is needed to not only establish a disaster-prevention strategy and institute various techniques for disaster mitigation, but also, since the climate change is a reality, adapt in order to assuage vulnerability to the envisaged negative effects. This would require the development of a roadmap for crisis managers, community officials and policy makers, which would specify the converging partnerships among a host of stakeholders, identify resource requirements for successful programmes and provide a step-by-step demonstration of the disaster-planning process.
With the above in view, the Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre) in partnership with the National Science & Technology Commission (NASTEC) and Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) of Sri Lanka announces the organisation of an International Workshop titled ‘Mitigation of Disasters due to Severe Climate Events: From Policy To Practice’ at Colombo, Sri Lanka during 10-13 March 2016. The main objectives of the workshop, among others, include bringing the stakeholders at national and international levels together to share experience for generating roadmap for reducing the risk in real situations; sending across a message to the policy makers, environmentalists and other related authorities on disaster management on the need of a realistic, well-formulated action plan for risk reduction in events occurring due to climate change; and initiating an international Study / Working Group for working out a common action plan, with a primary focus on NAM and other developing countries, for practical risk reduction in severe situations, which can in follow up be proposed to respective governments to be adopted with necessary amendments.
The following may please be noted:
(a) The last date for submission of applications is Wednesday, 10th February 2016.
(b) Only limited seats are available for participation in this event. Since a large number of applications are expected, early response is advisable to avoid disappointment. No application shall be considered after the closure of the last date.
(c) The selection will be strictly on merit of the presentation material submitted by the applicants, their academic background and professional experience and interest of their parent organisations in the subject area.
(d) Free local hospitality, including accommodation and meals will be provided by the Sri Lankan hosts to all foreign participants and invited resource persons from Wednesday, 9th March (Noon) to Monday, 14th March 2016 (Noon) (i.e. commencing from one day before the Workshop and for an additional day after its conclusion). The participants will have to make their own arrangement of stay beyond these days and if so, they should arrange their flight schedules accordingly.
Transport will also be provided to the participants free of any cost for their travel from/to the airport to/from the place of their stay and for visits in connection with the Workshop.
(e) Application for participation in the Workshop may please be made only to the NAM S&T Centre (E-mail: namstcentre@gmail.com) in the Nomination Formattached with the Announcement, except from Sri Lankan. The Nomination Form should be filled in completely, either by typing or in capital letters, without leaving any column blank.
Applicants from Sri Lanka, however, should send their Nomination Forms only to NASTEC, Colombo.
(f) It is mandatory for all participants to make a scientific presentation during the Workshop. Accordingly, an extended abstract (1-2 pages, in MS Word) of the paper proposed to be presented during the Workshop must be attached with the Nomination Form, without which the application shall be deemed invalid.
(g) For applications received from member countries of the NAM S&T Centre, which are regularly paying their annual subscription: The NAM S&T Centre will provide international airfare to/from Colombo, Sri Lanka by Excursion Class by Shortest Route to only one official nominee of each country, provided the application is routed through the Focal Point of the NAM S&T Centre in the applicant’s country.
In this connection, the Focal Points may please note that the NAM S&T Centre will consider only one official nomination from a member country for full financial support by the Centre, subject to the availability of seats and the applicant fulfilling all the above stated criteria. Any additional nominations from the Focal Points may also be considered subject to the availability of seats, but such applicants would have to arrange for their own international fare and would also be required to make payment of a Processing Fee of US$500 to the Centre in advance.
(h) For applications received from the member countries of the NAM S&T Centre defaulting on the payment of their annual dues: Selected nominees of the Focal Points from those of the member countries that are overdue on the payment of their annual subscription and any other selected applicants will make their own arrangement for international travel and will also be required to make payment of a Processing Fee of US$500 to the Centre in advance.
(i) For nominations received from the S&T-Industry Network Members of the NAM S&T Centre: The NAM S&T – Industry Network entitles each Network member, which has no outstanding dues against its membership subscription, to get invitation for two nominees each year with full finances paid by the Centre for participation in appropriate activities organised by the Centre. Accordingly, if a Network member has not yet fully availed of this privilege and desires to make a nomination for attending this Workshop, the NAM S&T Centre will provide to and fro international airfare to Colombo by Excursion Class by Shortest Route to such official nominee of the Network member, if selected.
Any additional nominee(s) of the paying S&T-Industry Network Members, as well as the nominees of those Network Members, which are overdue on the payment of their annual network membership subscription, if selected, will make their own arrangement for international travel and will also be required to make payment of a Processing Fee of US$500 to the Centre in advance.
(j) For applicants from the non-member countries and any other applicants in their individual capacity: They may send the completed Nomination Form directly to the NAM S&T Centre. They will be required to pay a Processing Fee of US$500 to the NAM S&T Centre immediately after selection and will also make their own arrangement for international travel.
(k) Other details are available in the attached Announcement.
(l) Information on the member countries and S&T-Industry Network members of the NAM S&T Centre and names/addresses of the Focal Points may be seen on the Centre’s website www.namstct.org.
(m) English will be the official language of the Workshop
As far as possible, all correspondence may please be made by email. All documents may be prepared in MS Word Format or electronically scanned and sent as attachments to the email.Kindly avoid sending us fax messages or hard copies to save paper and energy.
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