History of International Training inSeismology and Earthquake Engineering at IISEEActivities of International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE), BRI- Training for young researchers/engineers of developing countries on building earthquake disaster reduction- Research related to ”International Training in Seismology, Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation ”(JICA joint program)

History of Training- 1960: 1st International Training in Seismology, Earthquake Engineering to meet the demand of trainings at the 2nd WorldC
Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE) held in Tokyo- 1962: IISEE was established in Building Research Institute (BRI) to conduct international training- 1962 ～ present : IISEE is conducting ”Annual Trainings” (courses of seismology and earthquake engineering)(It has been conducted as a joint project with UNESCO and Govt. of Japan for first 9 years.)
Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Course was established in 2006 and is being conducted. From 2015, courses of Seismology,
Earthquake Engineering, and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation were combined together.
- 1980 ～ 2000
: ”Follow-up Training” was conducted for ex-participants of annual (regular) training course- 1995 ～ present : ”Global Seismological Observation Course” is being conducted at IISEE.
- 2005 ～ present : Master degree can be obtained in cooperation with National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo to participants of IISEE annual training courses.
- 2009 ～ 2012
: China Seismic Building Course was conducted.
- 2014 ～ present : Latin America Earthquake Engineering Course was established and is being conducted.
- In addition, ”Individual Training” is conducted based on the request.

Courtesy visit to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism, Mr. Keiichi ISHII, in 2016

Lecture scene at IISEE, BRI (Tsukuba, Japan)

1History of International Training inSeismology and Earthquake Engineering -2
1960 1968 1980 1995

International Training in Seismology and Earthquake Engineering

Annual Courses(Regular Courses)

2005

20092012 2014

Seismology
Course1960 ～

2005 Master Degree Course

Earthquake
EngineeringCourse

1960 ～

2005 Master Degree Course

Tsunami Disaster
Mitigation Course

2006 ～

2017

Master Degree Course

2009 ～
2012

China Seismic
Building Course
Latin American
Seminar Courses
Earthquake
onEngineering
Earthquake Engineering
Course2014～
1980 ～

Others1995 ～

Global Seismological Observation Course

Individual Courses

2006

1968 ～2

Regular Courses: Seismology, Earthquake
Engineering and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation••••

The regular courses are provided to increase capacities of technical officials, engineers,and researchers in the fields of seismology, earthquake engineering and tsunami disastermitigation who are conducive to earthquake and tsunami disaster mitigation and disasterrecovery policy. The period is one year (from October to September in the next year).
JICA training course title is:
Seismology, Earthquake Engineering, and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation
The name of master’s degree program name by the GRIPS and the BRI:
Disaster Management Policy Program (http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/education/inter_programs/disaster/)
How to apply––

The general information (GI) of this training is distributed to each candidate country through JICA. JICA
receives applications through their local office or Japanese embassy.
The applications are evaluated (including English proficiency) by the JICA, IISEE (BRI), and GRIPS.

Candidate country: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and JICA will survey the needs of JICA group training and regionfocused training courses in each developing country around July every year (IISEE FAQ List,
http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/?p=faq#q8). Candidate countries are decided through this survey.

Seismology Course
Human Resource development initiative for earthquake disaster reduction basedon comprehensive understanding of natural phenomena of “Earthquake”
EARTHQUAKE HAZARDASSESSMENT

EARTHQUAKE DISASTERREDUCTION

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Earthquake Engineering Course
Aiming at reduction of structural damage and induced human damage
Curriculum：- Geotechnical, structural engineering, policy- Theory of earthquake resistant structures(for RC, steel and masonry structure, etc.)- Innovative technology (base isolation, control)- Individual studies based on each issue/interest

Ability to solve
proper problems

Damage byearthquakes

5Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Course
Outline : One year training course for young researchers/engineers in developing
countries in tsunami prone regions
History : After 2004 huge tsunami disaster by Sumatra off-shore earthquake, thiscourse was established in Oct., 2006 and conducted with seismology course
Objective : Train advanced human resources who can manage planning, guidance anddissemination of tsunami mitigation technology including seismology, policy etc.
Overall Goal
The damage of tsunami disaster in target countries is mitigated through establishment ofTsunami Early Warning system, development of Tsunami Hazard Assessment and otherTsunami countermeasures.

Slip distribution on
the fault model ofthe 2011 Tohoku-okiearthquake.
Mainshock (Bluestar) and aftershocks
determined by JMA(red circles).
(Satake and Fujii etal., 2013, BSSA)

Number of Trainees of Tsunami course(countries in Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean)

Recent Tsunamis
YearMoM

Area, Country

Country
Death(Missing)
26

Indonesia

16

Malaysia

10

Bangladesh

2

Thailand2

Fiji1

Papua New Guinea

1Philippines

3

Myanmar2

Peru42001

Jun

8.4

S. Peru

2004

Dec

9.1

Sumatra, Indonesia

2005

Mar

8.7

Indonesia

102006Jul

7.7

Java Island, Indonesia

802

2007

Apr

8.1

Solomon Islands52

2007

Apr

6.2

Southern Chile

102009Sep

8.0West Samoa

192

Chile

1

2010

Feb

8.8

Off Southern Coast, Chile

156

Nicaragua

5

2010

Oct

7.8

Sumatra, Indonesia

431

Ecuador

4

2011

Mar

9.0

Tohoku-oki

15,894(2,550)

Egypt

1

Total

52

226,898

Field Visit in Tohoku
region to observetsunami damage
area (Onagawa)

Field Visit inHirokawa town toobserve Hiromura
SeawallGlobal Seismological Observation Course
Training Period and Countries of Participants
The course is launched in 1995 at the request of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Japan. It is conducted as part of the Japan’s contribution to theworld’s nuclear disarmament in cooperation with the Japan Metrological
Agency and JICA.

• The IISEE gives this training once every year with a duration of two months
for participants from developing countries. The number of participants isaround ten every year.
• In total, 208 participants from 70 countries have participated in our training
course by March, 2016.

Course objective and goal
Course objective
The course objective is for course participants to acquire knowledge andtechniques of global seismological observation to play important roles in themonitoring system of nuclear tests under the CTBT.
Goal
The goal is to strengthen capacities of National Data Center (NDC) and/orInternational Monitoring System (IMS) in the field of seismology forcontributing to the promotion for taking effect of Comprehensive Nuclear
Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Lecture by Mr. Wilber Bell, Director ofIDC, CTBT

Field visit in Matsushiro
Seismological Observatory

Study trip to A-Bomb Domein Hiroshima

Number and Country of Ex-participants of IISEE

9Study Trips
Tohoku2010.05

Taro, Miyako city
2011.11

Kumamoto

2017.04

Minamiaso Village
2017.04

Kumamoto city

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