The National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) renewed a memorandum of understanding with the Pacific Disaster Center May 14 in Honolulu, Hawaii, underscoring joint commitment to expanding cooperation on disaster prevention technologies and risk warning and management, according to the National Science and Technology Council.
NCDR Director Chen Hung-yu and PDC Executive Director Ray Shirkhodai signed the agreement, the council said, adding that since the establishment of an official partnership between the NCDR and PDC in 2008, the two sides have renewed the arrangement three times, in 2014, 2021 and this year.
Over the past 18 years, the two centers have cooperated on disaster prevention research in the Pacific, personnel training and related technologies. The newly updated agreement facilitates collaboration in hybrid disaster early warning, risk and vulnerability assessment, information technology, decision-making support, and international disaster prevention capacity building, the NSTC added.
Faced with increasingly severe extreme weather events and a growing need for humanitarian relief, it is vital for Taiwan to continuously strengthen its cross-border disaster information exchange capabilities, Chen said, adding that the MOU also enables Taiwan to share its monitoring expertise with global partners.
In response, Shirkhodai anticipated that the continued integration of the PDC’s global hybrid disaster data and Taiwan’s rich disaster response experience would advance practical disaster prevention collaboration in the Asia-Pacific.
Operated by University of Hawaiʻi, the PDC has long helped improve early warning and response capacity by leveraging science, geographical information and decision-making support tools. The DisasterAWARE platform developed by the center offers near real-time, artificial intelligence-enhanced warning services, the council concluded. (POC-E)
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NCDR Director Chen Hung-yu and PDC Executive Director Ray Shirkhodai signed the agreement, the council said, adding that since the establishment of an official partnership between the NCDR and PDC in 2008, the two sides have renewed the arrangement three times, in 2014, 2021 and this year.
Over the past 18 years, the two centers have cooperated on disaster prevention research in the Pacific, personnel training and related technologies. The newly updated agreement facilitates collaboration in hybrid disaster early warning, risk and vulnerability assessment, information technology, decision-making support, and international disaster prevention capacity building, the NSTC added.
Faced with increasingly severe extreme weather events and a growing need for humanitarian relief, it is vital for Taiwan to continuously strengthen its cross-border disaster information exchange capabilities, Chen said, adding that the MOU also enables Taiwan to share its monitoring expertise with global partners.
In response, Shirkhodai anticipated that the continued integration of the PDC’s global hybrid disaster data and Taiwan’s rich disaster response experience would advance practical disaster prevention collaboration in the Asia-Pacific.
Operated by University of Hawaiʻi, the PDC has long helped improve early warning and response capacity by leveraging science, geographical information and decision-making support tools. The DisasterAWARE platform developed by the center offers near real-time, artificial intelligence-enhanced warning services, the council concluded. (POC-E)
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