Date: 12 March 2010 (8:30am- 1:00pm)
Venue: Salon Pergola 1 del Hotel onesta Posada del Inca - El Olivar -Lima
(El Olivar Pancho Fierro 194, San Isidro), Lima, PERU
Co-organizers: Centro de Estudios y Prevencion de Desastre (PREDES)
Participants: 70 (Registration in advance would be required)
Language: Spanish
The main objective of the forum is to contribute awareness-raising on disaster preparedness and risk reduction in regional development, particularly in terms of building safety of vital regional facilities- hospitals and educational institutions.
At the forum, experts will show their experience and suggestions for improving building safety of educational and health related facilities. Also in the panel discussion it would be presented the current situation in Peru to organise further recommendations for constructing safer and sustainable communities.
The invited participants will be members of organisations which work on disaster management, professionals and officials of the sectors of education and health. For further information, contact to PREDES (Attn: Arq. Roberto Medina, roberto [at] predes.org.pe, Tel 993039070, Ms. Gladys Vela, tel 2210251 / 4423410) in Peru
(Office: UNCRD Latin America and the Caribbean Office)