Building capacity to cope with earthquakes in Central Italy: CERHER

Central Italy Macro Region (Umbria, Tuscany and Marche)

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Lead

UNISDR, ENEA, INGV, UNICAM, LINCEI, Firenze 206 Project Coordination Committee

Main hazard(s)

Earthquakes

Disaster Risk Management phase(s)

Pre-disaster, During disaster, Post-disaster

Type(s) of measure(s)

Institutional

Networking and capacity building

Background

The CERHER – Center of Resilience on Heritage, established in 2017, is an integrated skillscentre operating in the macro-region of central Italy which aims to develop the resilience of art cities to natural disasters (and apply the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction to cultural heritage assets).

CERHER’sprimary objective is to act in the context that surrounds cultural heritage, building a network of active protection and risk mitigation, capable of optimising the resilience of the art cities. The Centrepromotes and encourages initiatives such as the development of innovative technologies for diagnostic and structural monitoring of cultural heritage and assessment of risks and vulnerability of museum assets; creation of an open access documentation centre for the collection and analysis of scientific publications on resilience; establishment of a permanent forum for discussion on unresolved scientific and technical issues related to resilience of cultural heritage and the education and training activities for the public (including youth).