{"id":493,"date":"2019-12-12T10:18:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T09:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimafoundation.org\/2019\/12\/12\/psids-countries-delegation-visits-cima-research-foundation-2\/"},"modified":"2019-12-12T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T11:28:16","slug":"psids-countries-delegation-visits-cima-research-foundation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/en\/news\/psids-countries-delegation-visits-cima-research-foundation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PSIDS countries delegation visits CIMA Research Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>On December, 12th and 13th, within the training week organized by the Italian Civil Protection Department, the representative of the Pacific Small Islands Developing States visit the Centre of Competence CIMA Research Foundation, which presents the tools developed for natural hazard risk mitigation<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exchange of experience and knowledge are the key words for the week organized by the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Italian Civil Protection Department (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.protezionecivile.gov.it\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Italian Civil Protection Department<\/a>, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. From December 9<sup>th<\/sup> to 13<sup>th<\/sup>, the National Civil Protection Service hosted a delegation of the Pacific Small Islands Developing States (PSIDS: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu). The visit aimed to strengthen technical and scientific knowledge, as well as the international collaboration for disaster risk reduction (more information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.protezionecivile.gov.it\/media-communication\/press-release\/-\/content-view\/view\/1177912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"here  (opens in a new tab)\">here <\/a>for the press release of the Italian Civil Protection Department).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">December 12<sup>th<\/sup> and 13<sup>th<\/sup> were\ndedicated to the visit of CIMA Research Foundation, which shared its knowledge\nand experience in risk mitigation and civil protection. In particular, three\nissues were addressed: early warning systems, risk assessment technologies and\nreal time monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimafoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Visita-delegaz.-PSIDS-un-momento.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-999\" title=\"\"><figcaption>A momento of the visit to CIMA Research Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CIMA Research Foundation\u2019s researchers and technician presented the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"myDewetra (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/foundations\/research-development\/my-dewetra.html\" target=\"_blank\">myDewetra<\/a> integrated system used for the hydro-meteorological events and wildfires monitoring and forecasting. MyDewetra enables early warnings thanks to the integration of geospatial data coming from institutional stakeholders. Concerning risk assessment and real time monitoring technologies, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"RASOR (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/foundations\/research-development\/rasor.html\" target=\"_blank\">RASOR<\/a>, a tool for multi-risk analysis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/foundations\/research-development\/acronet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ACRONET (opens in a new tab)\">ACRONET<\/a>, an open source system for rain and flood monitoring, and IT-Alert, for the emergency communication to the citizens, were also presented to the delegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe were really proud to host the PSIDS delegation at our headquarters in Savona\u201d, says Luca Ferraris, president of CIMA Research Foundation. \u201cScience cannot progress without the sharing and exchange of experiences. For this reason, this visit was fundamental for us. To be confronted with other realities and to share our own is the basis for scientific and technological innovation. In doing so, we can reduce disaster risk, as requested by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unisdr.org\/we\/monitor\/indicators\/sendai-framework-sdg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Agenda 2030 and the Sendai Framework (opens in a new tab)\">Agenda 2030 and the Sendai Framework<\/a>, one of the main areas of CIMA Research Foundation\u2019s work\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December, 12th and 13th, within the training week organized by the Italian Civil Protection Department, the representative of the Pacific Small Islands Developing States visit the Centre of Competence CIMA Research Foundation, which presents the tools developed for natural hazard risk mitigation Exchange of experience and knowledge are the key words for the week [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,12],"tags":[100,100],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-southeast-asia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cimafoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}