Building Leadership for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia


By start.org
June 19, 2019 - Quezon City


Fellows from seven countries participated in the Pan-Asia Risk Reduction (PARR) fellowship program, a yearlong fellowship experience which included an immersive one- to three-month stay at a host institution in Asia.

START led two fellowship rounds between 2014 and 2018, with the support of the United States National Science Foundation, the Oscar M. Lopez Center, USAID, the Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research, the IRDR International Center of Excellence (ICoE) Taipei, and strategic direction from the PARR Alliance, a consortium of science-focused research, education, and capacity building institutions in Asia.

 

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