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Outcome of the 5th Bonn Dialogues "Living with Risk"

Education and Local Traditions are Crucial when Living with Risks

The four international expert panelists at the 5th Bonn Dialogues agreed that education is significant to prepare people to cope with risks and disasters. Dr. Badaoui Rouhban (UNESCO), Prof. Benouar Djillali (USTHB), Dr. Zinaida Fadeeva (UNU-IAS) and Dr. Manu Gupta (SEED) also stressed that local cultures and traditions can help when implementing risk reduction behavior in the long term.

There is no such phenomenon as a natural disaster, people and politicians seem to forget. There is only a natural hazard that can become a disaster, emphasized the experts and pointed to the role of education. “Education is so important because it provides skills that can decide whether someone will survive or die,” said Dr Djillali from the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB).

We are pleased to confirm four top-class panelists for the 5th Bonn Dialogues event:

Badaoui Rouhban, Director of the Section for Disaster Reduction at the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Paris. Within UNESCO he is the focal point for the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

Benouar Djillali, Eng., M.Sc., Ph.D., DIC, professor in Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Management (University of Science & Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB); Director, Biult Environment Res. Lab. (USTHB); Associate Member of the Third World Academy of Science (TWAS); Senior Associate to the International Centre for Theorical Physics (ICTP); Consultant of the World Bank, UNESCO , IIED, UN/ISDR, ALECSO (Arab League).

Manu Gupta, Executive Director of the Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society
(SEED), a voluntary organization working on Disaster Risk Reduction and Response in South Asia.

Zinaida Fadeeva, Associate Fellow for the Education for Sustainable Development programme. Development Coordinator and Researcher of activities associated with the Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE), United Nations University Institute for Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) .

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