Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

EERI

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Mission

EERI is a national, non-profit, technical society of engineers, geoscientists, architects, planners, public officials, and social scientists, including researchers, practicing professionals, educators, government officials, and building code regulators. EERI aims to reduce earthquake risk by advancing the science and practice of earthquake engineering; by improving understanding of the impact of earthquakes on the physical, social, economic, political, and cultural environment; and by advocating comprehensive and realistic measures.

Disaster Reduction Goal

A world in which potential earthquake losses are widely understood and in which prudent steps have been taken to address those risks.

DRR activities

Policies and Programmes in DRR

*Learning from Earthquakes Program; *Concrete Coalition;
*Confined Masonry Network; *World Housing Encyclopedia; *Earthquake Scenario Promotion and Development; *Friedman Visiting Professionals; *The Mitigation Center

Membership in Key Networks

*NEHRP (National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program) Coalition, *International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE); *Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observation Systems (COSMOS); *California Earthquake Clearinghouse

Disaster Reduction Focal Point(s)

Earthquake-resistant construction and its promotion in public policy

Websites

http://www.eeri.org
https://www.eeri.org/projects/learning-from-earthquakes-lfe/lfe-reconnaissance-archive/
http://mitigation.eeri.org/
http://www.nehrpscenario.org/ http://www.californiaeqclearinghouse.org
http://www.concretecoalition.org/ http://www.confinedmasonry.org/
http://www.world-housing.net/

Making disaster risk reduction a policy priority, institutional strengthening (HFA 1)

*Concrete Coalition;
*Confined Masonry Network;
*Earthquake Scenario Promotion and Development;
*NEHRP (National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program) Coalition

Risk assessment and early warning systems (HFA 2)

*Learning from Earthquakes Program
*Concrete Coalition;
*World Housing Encyclopedia;
*Earthquake Scenario Promotion and Development;

Education, information and public awareness (HFA 3)

*Earthquake Spectra Journal;
*EERI Newsletter;
*Learning from Earthquakes Program
*World Housing Encyclopedia;
*The Mitigation Center
*Friedman Visiting Professionals
*Concrete Coalition;
*Confined Masonry Network;
*Earthquake Scenario Promotion and Development;
*Oral History Series
*Sponsorship of conferences and seminars

Reducing underlying risk factors (HFA 4)

*Learning from Earthquakes Program
*Concrete Coalition;
*Confined Masonry Network;
*Earthquake Scenario Promotion and Development;

Preparedness for effective response (HFA 5)

*Learning from Earthquakes Program
*Concrete Coalition;
*Confined Masonry Network;
*Earthquake Scenario Promotion and Development;
*California Earthquake Clearinghouse

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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