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ICONHIC is a multidisciplinary center conducting research with the aim to enhance our infrastructure resilience against natural hazards. We cooperate with universities and research centers in order to provide innovative state-of-the-art solutions of the highest standards and disseminate them appropriately to both specialist and non-specialist audience. Apart from its senior staff, the center attracts outstanding post-graduate and doctoral students as well as junior researchers of diverse backgrounds who participate in competitive research and innovation tasks. Our efforts usually culminate in major dissemination activities supported by a network of highly experienced and deeply respected organizations aiming to broadly distribute knowledge and engage policy makers and the public in our quest towards resilient infrastructure.
Over the past few years the catastrophic impacts of natural disasters have become evident in numerous countries of the developed as well as the developing parts of the world, while more significant occurrences of natural disasters are expected globally. Infrastructure systems are amongst the first being impacted and there is currently no doubt that failure to act soon can have direct impacts on the quality of life as well as economic growth and viability.
In this challenging environment, our ultimate goal is to accelerate the transition process between research achievements and their practical implementation thus facilitating the prevention of failures and enhancing the awareness of most actors involved in ensuring the safety and operability of our built environment.
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.