Geomatics for Disaster Risk Reduction Erasmus Project

Project Title

Geomatics for Disaster Risk Reduction

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The Project’s overall aim is to support Partner Country HEIs in building their capacity to develop and deliver high quality and specialisation academic programmes that can suitably prepare young scientists and professionals to provide applicable solutions to various societal problems, focusing on these resulting from climate change, mainly disaster risk vulnerability and susceptibility. In achieving so, the partnership will develop a specialised MSc in “Geomatics for Disaster Risk Reduction” of 120 ECTS that will be accredited and delivered in Partner Country HEIs. A notable share of academic, administrative and technical staff of Partner Country HEIs will have the opportunity to participate in Educational Study Visits and Trainings that will provide them with the necessary supplies to not only effectively deliver the MSc, but also transfer their skills and knowledge to their colleagues, multiplying the effects of these capacity building activities. All teaching and learning material that will be used during the capacity building activities for staff, as well as a comprehensive introductory training programme to the specific topics of the MSc for prospective students, will be included in the interactive Virtual “GIS for DRR” Learning Environment (VLE) that will be developed for the Project. Since the delivery of such a specialised and technology-oriented MSc requires a high-quality level of corresponding facilities, a fully equipped “GIS for DRR” Laboratory will be established in each Partner Country HEI. Through a range of dissemination events, the Project will reach multiple target groups, including local communities, public authorities of local, regional, and national level, labour market actors, policy makers, etc., aiming not only to disseminate the Project, but also raise awareness about climate change impact on disaster risk, and facilitate exploitation and sustainability of results.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 982520 Eur

Project Coordinator

POLITECHNIKA SLASKA & Country: PL

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA
• NOVEL GROUP SARL
• NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF BATTAMBANG
• SVAY RIENG UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
• PANEPISTIMIO DYTIKIS ATTIKIS
• UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERAS