Education Activities
Distance learning module The distance learning module (DLM) provides a compilation of lecture, reading, self-guided learning material, and practical exercises to support academic teaching on the topics of hazard assessment and Disaster Risk Management in Central Asia. As such, the DLM is intended to support the training of the next generation of natural hazard and […]
Research and Exchange Visits
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan The visit of Kazakh researcher Assel Abdullayeva from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in April 2023 was aimed at an exchange focusing on hazard assessment, modelling and mapping approaches. Beside the stay at University of Zurich, an exchange visit to WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF was organized. MoES, […]
Technical Training Events
Training on GLOF modelling with RAMMS In the last week of July 2022, 25 participants from four Central Asian countries attended a training workshop on numerical modeling of Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs). This workshop, preceded by two preparatory online sessions, was organized by Alessandro Cicoira (University of Zurich), the Snow and Avalanche Research Centre […]
Regional Exchange Workshops
First Regional Exchange Workshop From 18-19 November 2021, the GLOFCA First Regional Exchange Workshop took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, focusing on “Lake Mapping, Monitoring, and Hazard Assessment”. The main objective of the workshop was to provide a platform to the national partners to provide their approaches and efforts regarding the […]
