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Introducing ICoE REaL Periperi U Periperi U Approved as IRDR International Centre of Excellence IRDR - HQ Other ICoE Periperi U

Academy of in Taipei, Taiwan

VaRM -University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA

UR & S - National University of Colombia, Colombia * Periperi U Consortium Joint Centre for Disaster Research - Massey University, Wellington,

* Periperi U Consortium: Bahir Dar University - , University of and Technology – Houari Boumediene - Algeria, – , Makerere University – , University of Antananarivo – Madagascar, University of – Ghana, University of Gaston Berger – Senegal, Technical University of – Mozambique, – , University – , University of Stellenbosch – South An African Partnership of 11 HEIs

1. Bahir Dar Univ. 2.•Makerere? Conclusion Univ. slide 3. Moi Univ. 4. Ardhi Univ. 11 5. Technical Univ. Mozambique 6. Univ. of Antananarivo 7. Stellenbosch Univ. 8. Univ. of Ghana 9. Gaston Berger Univ. 10.Univ. Science & Technology Houari Boumediene 11. Ahmadu Bello Univ.

… ‘virtual centre’ for DRM capacity building in Africa Periperi U Partner Staff Salary Periperi U Facts Sources

Full Funding from USAID 11 African universities 26% 42% Partial Funding (USAID and University/ 168 core & adjunct staff external) Full funding from 32% University/ External 8 languages of instruction source

Core and Adjunct staff, and total staff per partner

45 40 35 30 25 Core staff 20 15 Adjunct staff 10 Total staff 5 0 Logic Model for Purposive Engagement of HEIs Achievements Short Courses 57 2011-2014? Participants 1,417 Growing global Academic progs/modules 18 visibility & confidence in African scholarship Students registered 870 in this field. Publications (67 articles) 94

MDRM & Sustainable Development (BDU ) Masters in DRM (Ardhi) M. Multidisciplinary DRM (Tanà) Focus for ICoE REal

Recognises the importance of contextually relevant cross-disciplinary disaster risk education as a precondition for:

• advancing disaster risk research capacity,

• informing local and national disaster risk management practice, and

• shaping disaster risk policy and governance. REaL Work Focus for 2014-2015

Development of an MOU with IRDR

Establishment of an Advisory Committee • UNISDR Africa/Geneva • ICSU regional office, South Africa • USAID/primary donor partner • National Research Foundation, South Africa • /African Development Bank • African Union/ECA • IFRC (given Africa’s particular risk profile)

Generation of a work-plan that identifies focal areas for collaborative and individual research. But … Immediate priorities

Complete summative evaluation of Periperi U III

Engagement in Sendai

New proposal submission to USAID (1 June 2015)

Consultative meeting June/July at Bahir Dar Univ (Ethiopia)

? synergies with Kühne Foundation’s new humanitarian logistics centre at SU (from 2015) Eg Initial Framework Informing Periperi U Evaluation

This is crucial for strategic planning… Interaction Interaction with ICSU with UN

5 international centres

Periperi U 18 Academic 11 universities Progs/Modules 168 consortium staff

Community Interaction DRSD academic DR Research Progs 8 RADAR staff To Sum Up

• Periperi U has ‘cracked the code’ on incrementally building disaster risk scholarship (teaching, learning, research and outreach/community engagement) in Africa.

• The IRDR REaL could pursue multiple directions in research and education and advocacy … but we view the evaluation outcomes as an essential precondition for future planning.