********************************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.30

18 July 2008********************************************************************************++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Contents+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. New International Training Courses will start next year
2. Needs Survey for JICA training courses has started!
3. International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disaster
4. Abstract submission & call for exhibitors of "IS-Tokyo2009"++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++==================================================================[1] New International Training Courses will start next year
The IISEE has proposed following two new JICA training courses
1) "Earthquake Disaster Mitigation" (Doctor Degree Program)
Date (first course): March 2010 - March 2013 (3 yr)
Number of Participants: 3Target Regions: Asia, Middle-East and Central- and South America
Following three Sub-Courses are available in cooperation with universities.
Seismology: Univ. of Tsukuba, Doctor of Science or Earth Science
Earthquake Engineering: Univ. of Tsukuba, Doctor of Engineering
Disaster Mitigation: GRIPS, Doctor of Disaster Management2) "Technology and Policy for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Management"
Date (first course): Autumn 2009 (2 weeks)
Number of Participants: 12
Target Regions: Asia, Pacific and Middle-East
Target Participants in both courses are mainly ex-participants of IISEE trainings. The Need
Survey by JICA has just started as shown in the next article.
Nobuo HURUKAWADirector, IISEE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] Needs Survey for JICA training courses has started!
Recently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and JICA have started the Needs Survey for
JICA training courses. For the IISEE to accept participants from your country to the2009-2010 IISEE training courses, which will start on the end of September 2009, it isnecessary that your country should select the JICA "Seismology, Earthquake Engineering andDisaster Management Policy" and/or "Tsunami Disaster Mitigation" Courses with highpriority. We expect that your institution will request your Government to choose these courses

with high priority among JICA training courses in the menu that JICA provide for yourcountry. Therefore, we would like to ask you to encourage your institution to make actions inthis direction. Since the deadline of the Needs Survey is the end of August, your immediate
action is highly appreciated. We are looking forward to accepting participants from yourinstitution in the near future.
Nobuo HURUKAWA
Director, IISEE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[3] International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disaster
The IISEE has established the International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disaster(IPRED) in cooperation with UNESCO and representatives of major earthquake-prone
countries (Chile, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Peru, Romania, and Turkey). TheIISEE would act as the Centre of Excellence (COE) of this project, and assist the activities
and maintenance of the network/platform. Dr. Koyama and I attended the first session of theIPRED held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 8-10 July. For further information, please
visit following websites and contact me:
http://portal.unesco.org/science/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6584&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SEC
TION=201.html
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=43064&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Nobuo HURUKAWA
Director, IISEEMr Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, and the first sessionof the IPRED held at UNESCO Headquarters

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[4] Abstract submission & call for exhibitors of "IS-Tokyo2009"
We are pleased to announce that "IS-Tokyo2009" will be held in Tsukuba on June 15 - 17 2009.
The "IS-Tokyo2009" conference is the International Conference on Performance-Based Designin Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering subtitled with - from case history to practice -,which is organized by the Technical Committee 4 of International Society for Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering and Japanese Geotechnical Society, and will be held atTsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Japan on June 15 - 17, 2009. We are surethat this conference will serve as a good opportunity for participants to exchange informationand knowledge as well as for exhibitors to disseminate the information and knowledge among
conference participants. For more details, you are requested to visit the following website,
http://www.comp.tmu.ac.jp/IS-Tokyo/
We look forward to seeing you all in Tsukuba.
P.S. The deadline for abstract submission is soon to come by the end of this July. The call forexhibitors is now underway.
Professor Takaji Kokusho
Chairman of IS-Tokyo2009==================================================================********************************************************************************We send this IISEE Newsletter to ex-participants whose e-mail addresses are known. TheIISEE send you new information actively and accept your contribution at any time. In orderto enlarge our IISEE network, we'd like to ask you to invite your fellow ex-participants whosee-mail addresses are unknown to us to join us. We welcome your comments about the IISEE
Newsletter. Please feel free to send us your comments and opinions.
Email: iiseenews@kenken.go.jp
website: http://iisee.kenken.go.jp
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