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Postgraduate Certificate on the assessment and management of Geological and Climate related risk, CERG-C, University of Geneva, Switzerland
We are pleased to announce the 2017 session of the CERG-C training that will be held at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) between April 10th and June 9th, 2017 (application deadline: September 16th, 2016; http://www.unige.ch/hazards).
Since 1988, the University of Geneva has held an international
training course on geologic risk assessment and management for
graduate students and practitioners under a program called the
Specialization Certificate in Geological and Climate related risk
(CERG-C). The CERG-C is an intensive 9-week long program
integrating the physical and social sciences as well as
vulnerability and economics into risk assessment. Completion of
the Certificate requires a Thesis/Memoir to be conducted in the
candidate’s home country or in Geneva in collaboration with
various governmental or international agencies (e.g., UNISDR,
UNOSAT, WMO), due within 6-months of completion of the main course
work. Target modules include: risk management, volcanic risk,
landslide risk, seismic risk, and flood risk. Climate
related risk was added to the flood module in 2008.
Field exercises are offered with all CERG-C modules. In
particular, as part of the volcanic risk module, the CERG-C offers
a 1-week field exercise on the island of Vulcano, Italy, to study
geologic risk in the context of volcanic settings. Four main
aspects are considered: physical volcanology; vulnerability─
physical, systemic, economic and social; and risk assessment and
management. A dedicated educational exercise with the local
primary school is also organized as is a table-top emergency
exercise simulating a volcanic crisis. The training is strongly
aligned with the Italian National Civil Protection Department and
includes a 1-day trip to Stromboli to evaluate the interaction
between physical science and emergency management.
CERG-C candidates come to Geneva from all over the world to take
advantage of faculty expertise and field settings offered in
Switzerland, Italy and France and to have access to major
international natural disaster governmental and international
organizations housed in Geneva. To date, some 385 participants
from 80 different countries have been trained. The teaching
faculty comprises some 30 international experts from various
institutions, including University of Geneva, Switzerland; University
of Lausanne, Switzerland; Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology of Zürich (Swiss Seismological Service); Swiss
National Emergency Operations Centre; Swiss Humanitarian
Aid; World Meteorological Organization (WMO); United
Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR);
United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme
(UNOSAT); National Institute of Geophysics and
Volcanology (INGV), Italy; University of Pisa, Italy;
East Tennessee State University, USA; Politecnico di Milano,
Italy; York University, Canada.
Applications are due annually in September for training beginning
April the following year (next deadline: September 16th). A
limited number of scholarships are available. All material is
presented in English, so CERG-C candidates are required to
understand written and spoken English and write and speak English.
Learn more about the CERG-C by going to:
http://www.unige.ch/hazards.
Alternatively, you may contact the CERG-C Director, Prof. Costanza Bonadonna; Email: Costanza.Bonadonna@xxxxxxxx
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