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1. Adop
ption of thee agenda (Ittem 1)
The proovisional agenda was addopted as itt was propossed.
o the UNE
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ED (Item 2)
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2. Repoort of the 6tth Session of
The Session offered the oppportunity too the UNES
SCO-IPRED
D memberss (Chile, Egypt, El
Salvadoor, Indonesiia, Japan, Kazakhstann, Mexico, Peru, Rom
mania and Turkey) annd guest
experts to share andd review thee report of the
t 6th Sesssion of the UNESCO-IP
U
PRED.
o the estab
blishment of the systtem for the post-eartthquake
3. Repoort of the progress on

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investigations (Item 3)
The secretariat explained about the need of revising the Letter of Intent (LoI) suggested by the
Legal Affairs (LA) of UNESCO. The participants all agreed on the secretariats draft and will
contact UNESCO Field Offices in Egypt and Mexico about the new LoI.
4. Review of the UNESCO-IPRED action plan (Item 4)
Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi from the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake
Engineering (IISEE) made a presentation concerning the review of the UNESCO-IPRED
action plan. The members reconfirmed the status, objectives, and challenges of the action plan.
In addition, Dr. Yokoi suggested revising the action plan and members discussed relevant by
their opinion action points.
5. Post-Earthquake Field Investigation in Bohol, Philippines (Item 5)
Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa (UNESCO Paris) made a presentation overview of the field
investigation as well as some logistical lessons learned from the Bohol mission, which took
place 24th to 28th February 2014.
Mr. Sadyrov Ruslanzhan (Institute of Seismology, Kazakhstan) explained details on the
assessment of two buildings which the team of experts conducted in Bohol, Philippines.
Dr. Koichi Kusunoki (University of Tokyo, Japan) described the assessment of the three
buildings the team of experts conducted in Bohol, Philippines.
The Group discussed about the possible work on post-earthquake quick assessment tools
using Japanese and Turkish methodology. Also Dr. Kusunoki suggested working with
Architectural Institute of Japan for sharing information on the situation in the earthquake
stricken area.
6. Reports from members (Item 6)
Dr. Yuji Ishiyama (Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University, Japan) presented the
publication on Guidelines for Earthquake Resistant Non-Engineered Construction, which is
supported by UNESCO-IPRED. He also presented the ISO 3010 Seismic Action Plan on
Structures. He invited IPRED members to join the ISO discussion.
7. Reports from members (Item 7)
Dr. Alvarez Medel Raul (Professor, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile) presented the
overview of the recent earthquake and Chiles preparedness on building safety such as
continuous building code review, independent structural safety check and base-isolation
system.
8. Reports from members (Item 8)
Dr. Irala Candiotti Carlos (Head of Department, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Peru)
presented the evaluation and retrofitting of schools in Peru. He gave details on the recent

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earthquake and discussed the structural code for schools. He also presented the structural
safety assessment and retrofitting practices of schools.
9. Reports from members (Item 9)
Dr. Lopez-Batiz Oscar (Head of Structural Risks, National Center for Disaster Prevention
(CENAPRED), Mexico) presented the development of regulations for the structural safety of
school buildings in Mexico. He explained about the recent earthquakes and situation of
building code in Mexico, budget allocation on prevention and rescue, and CENAPRED
current activities on building codes.
10. Reports from members (Item 10)
Dr. Popa Viorel (Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Romania) explained
the new developments in the seismic design technical regulations in Romania as well as postfield investigation following Van earthquake in Turkey (UNESCO-IPRED mission 1st to 6th
June 2012 ). He explained the building code development and incorporation of existing codes
to Eurocode. Describing Van earthquake, he explained the visual damage by the earthquake as
well as computer analysis by capacity spectrum method. He also presented the building code
dissemination project ENCIPEDIA (www.encipedia.org).
11. UNESCO Project for World Conference on Disaster Reduction (Item 11)
Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa explained the UNESCO building code global mapping project aiming
to present it at the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Sendai in March 2015. He
explained the importance of policies on building safety and gave an introduction to the outline
of the project. He asked IPRED members for their support in this important activity.
12. IPRED Project for World Conference on Disaster Reduction (Item 12)
Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa proposed the IPRED members to organize an exhibition at the 3rd
World Conference on Disaster Reduction, in Sendai in March 2015. He explained the details
and asked IPRED members for their input.
13. VISUS school assessment tool (Item 13)
Prof. Grimaz (Professor, University of Udine, Italy) and Jair Torres (UNESCP Paris)
explained the concept and contents of VISUS (Visual Inspection for defining Safety Upgrading
Strategies). They also gave details on the pilot project in implemented by Ministry of
Education, Ministry of Environment and University of El Salvador in El Salvador.
14. Any other business (Item 14)
- Next UNESCO-IPRED meeting
The secretariat explained that the seventh session of the UNESCO-IPRED meeting will be in
Japan at the same time of 3rd World Conference on Disaster Reduction, which is will be held

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in March 2015 Further information will be announced.

- Resolution
The members agreed on the resolution of the IPRED annual meeting and Workshop.

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Appendix 1: List of Participants (7th Session of the IPRED)

Kazakhstan
Prof. Tanatkan Abakanov
Institute of Seismology, Ministry of Education and Science
75 Al-Farabi Ave
Almaty Kazakhstan
Email: seismolog@topmail.kz; seismology@seismology.kz
Ms. Natalya Silacheva
Institute of Seismology, Ministry of Education and Science
75 Al-Farabi Ave
Almaty Kazakhstan
Email: seismology@seismology.kz
Mr. Ruslanzhan Sadyrov
Institute of Seismology, Ministry of Education and Science
75 Al-Farabi Ave
Almaty Kazakhstan
Email: srk999@mail.ru
Mr. Kanatbay Ryskulov
Institute of Seismology, Ministry of Education and Science
75 Al-Farabi Ave
Almaty Kazakhstan
Email: cuba-org@mail.ru

CHILE
Prof. Raul Alvarez Medel
Universidad Catolica de Chile
Casilla 306, Correo 22
Santiago, CHILE
Email: ralvarez@sirve.cl
EGYPT
Prof. Hatem Hamdy Odah
President,
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG)
Ministry of Scientific Research
Helwan, Cairo, EGYPT
Email: hatemodah@yahoo.com
El Salvador
Prof. Edgar Armando Pea Figueroa
University Professor
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School of Civil Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Universidad de El Salvador
Final 25 Avenida Norte
Ciudad Universitaria
San Salvador, EL SALVADOR
Email: edgaring@gmail.com
INDONESIA
Dr. Anita Firmanti
Director, Research Institute for Human Settlements (RIHS)
Agency for Research and Development, Ministry of Public Works
Jl. Panyawungan, Cileunyi Wetan
Kab. Bandung, 40393
West Java, INDONESIA
Email: anitafirmanti@yahoo.com
Mr. Mohamad Ridwan
Research Institute of Human Settlements (RIHS),
Agency for Research and Development, Ministry of Public Works
Jl. Panyawungan, Cileunyi Wetan
Kab. Bandung, 40393
West Java, INDONESIA
Email: m.ridowan@gmail.com

JAPAN
Prof. Yuji Ishiyama
Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University
4-1-602 Kita-nijou-nishi, Chuo-ku
Sapporo 060-0002 JAPAN
Email: to-yuji@nifty.com
Mr. Tadashi Tonami
Director for International Building Analysis
Building Guidance Division, Housing Bureau,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
2-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8918, JAPAN
Email: tonami-t263@mlit.go.jp
Prof. Shoichi Ando
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-8677, JAPAN
Email: ando@grips.ac.jp

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Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi

Director,
International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE)
Building Research Institute (BRI)
1 Tachihara, Tsukuba
Ibaraki 305-0802, JAPAN
Email: tyokoi@kenken.go.jp
Dr. Tatsuya Azuhata
Senior Research Engineer
International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE)
Building Research Institute (BRI)
1 Tachihara, Tsukuba
Ibaraki 305-0802, JAPAN
Email: azuhata@kenken.go.jp
Dr. Tatsuo Narafu
Senior Advisor, Japan International Cooperation Agency
1-6th floor, Nibancho Center Building 5-25,
Niban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8012, Japan
Email: Narafu.Tatsuo@jica.go.jp

MEXICO
Dr. Oscar Lopez- Batiz
Head of Structural Risks, National Center for Disaster Prevention (CENAPRED)
Av. Delfin Madrigal No. 665
Col. Pedregal de Santo Domingo
Coyoacan, CP 04360, MEXICO
Email: olb@cenapred.unam.mx
PERU
Dr. Carlos Irala Candiotti
Head of Department
National University of Engineering
Av. Tpac Amaru 1150, Rmac, Lima 25, PERU
Email: ciralac@gmail.com

ROMANIA
Prof. Viorel Popa
Technical University of Civil Engineering (UTCB)
124 Lacul Tei, Bucharest, ROMANIA
Email: vpopa@utcb.ro

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TURKEY
Dr. Ercan Yuksel
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Istanbul Technical Univsersity (ITU)
Ayazaa Campus, Maslak 34469 Istanbul, TURKEY
Email: yukselerc@itu.edu.tr

UNESCO Secretariat
Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa
Programme Specialist
Unit on Disaster Risk Reduction
Natural Sciences Sector, UNESCO
1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, FRANCE
Email: s.yasukawa@unesco.org
Mr. Jair Torres
Consultant
Unit on Disaster Risk Reduction
Natural Sciences Sector, UNESCO
1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, FRANCE
Email: j.torres@unesco.org

UNESCO Almaty Office

Mr. Serguei Lazarev
Director
UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office for
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
67 Tole-Bi Str., 050000 Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN
Email: s.lazarev@unesco.org
Ms. Kristine Tovmasyan
Programme Specialist
UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office
67 Tole-Bi Str., 050000 Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN
Email: k.tovmasyan@unesco.org
Ms. Natalia Kim
Programme Associate
UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office
67 Tole-Bi Str., 050000 Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN
Email: natalia_kim_vs@mail.ru

APOLOGIZED

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JAPAN
Prof. Kenji Okazaki
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
Kyoto University
Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, JAPAN
E-mail: okazaki@archi.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Appendix 2: Workshop Actions Needed for the Next Decade to Reduce Earthquake
Losses
27 30 May 2014, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Venue: Almaty Resort
Agenda
Time

Program

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

09.00 - 9.30
Opening
Ceremony

9:30 10:00

Moderator:
Abakanov T.
10:00 10:15

Workshop sessions
Registration of participants
Opening Ceremony
1. Mr. Yury Ilyin, Deputy mayor of Almaty
2. Mr. Valikhan Bishimbayev, Member of the Parliament of the Republic of
Kazakhstan
3. Mr. Serguei Lazarev, Director, UNESCO Almaty Office
4. Mr. Nuraly Bekturganov, Head of Research of the JCS National Scientific and
Technological Holding PARASAT
5. Mr. Andrey Plekhanov, Representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of
the Republic of Kazakhstan
Keynote speech:
Dr. Tanatkan Abakanov (Director, Institute of Seismology, Kazakhstan) State of the
problem and prospects of the anti-seismic safety ensuring of Kazakhstan

Workshop
I Session

10:15 11:15

Building Code/
Implementation

Dr. Shoichi Ando (Director, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan) Lessons Learnt From HESI and SESI Project
Mr. Igor Itskov (Head of Laboratory, KAZNIISA, Kazakhstan) - Approximation of the
construction standards in Kazakhstan to international standards Eurocode - 8
Dr. Yuji Ishiyama (Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University, Japan) Guidelines for
Earthquake Resistant Non-Engineering Construction and Revision of ISO 3010 Seismic
Actions on Structures

Moderator:

Dr. Raul Alvarez Medel (Professor, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile) - Damage of
Earthquake in Tarapaca, Chile, and Preparedness on Building Safety

Abakanov T.

Workshop
II Session

11.15 11.30

Coffee break

11:30 12:30

Mr. Yeraly Shokparov (Head of Department, KAZNIISA, Kazakhstan) - Research of

seismic stability school buildings in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Mr. Jair Torres (Consultant, SC/DRR, UNESCO) Introduction into comprehensive
safety of schools framework
Mr. Stefano Grimaz (Professor, University of Udine, Italy) - School Safety Assemment
Tool, VISUS
Mr. Edgar Pea (Professor, Universidad de El Salvador, El Salvador) - Securing
School Safety Programme in El Salvador

12.30 14.00

Lunch

School Safety

Moderator:
Torres J.

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Workshop
III Session

Time

Program

14:00 15:30

Mr. Mirken Abakanov (Vice Director General, KAZNIISA, Kazakhstan) - Engineering

analysis of the consequences of earthquakes
Dr. Ercan Yuksel (Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) Low cost
seismic isolators for reducing seismic risk
Dr. Tatsuya Azuhata (Director, IISEE, Building Research Institute, Japan) Evaluation of Seismic Observation Data for Structural Design
Mr. Igor Itskov (Head of Laboratory, KAZNIISA, Kazakhstan) - Experimental research
of seismic stability of buildings in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Mr. Mohamad Ridwan (Research Institute for Human Settlements,
Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia) Subsurface investigation and vulnerability
assessment in Jakarta: preparation for seismic risk microzoning
Dr. Asylkhan Jalairov (Director General of LLP AZGI, Kazakhstan), Mr. Askar
Abakanov (KazNTU, Kazakhstan) - Ensuring of Almaty subways seismic stability

15:30 15:45

Coffee break

Scientific/
Engineering
Lessons learnt
Moderator:
Yokoi T.

Panel
Discussion
(title
"Actions Needed
for the Next
Decade to
Reduce
Earthquake
Losses")

15:45 17:30 Panel Discussion

- Dr. Tatsuo Narafu (Senior adviser, JICA, Japan)
- Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa (Program specialist, UNESCO)
- Dr. Tanatkan Abakanov (Director, Institute of Seismology, Kazakhstan)
- Ms. Anita Firmanti (Director, Research Institute for Human Settlements, Ministry of
Public Works, Indonesia)
- Dr. Raul Alvarez Medel (Professor, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)

Moderator:
Tovmasyan K.
Closing
Ceremony

17:30 - 18:00

18:00

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Opening

9:30 9:40

Closing Ceremony

Welcome dinner hosted by Institute of Seismology of Kazakhstan

IPRED ANNUAL MEETING, day 1

Opening Remark
- Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa (Programme specialist, UNESCO)
- Institute of Seismology, Kazakhstan

9:40 9:55

Adoption of agenda
- Ms. Kristine Tovmasyan (Programme specialist, UNESCO)

9:55 10:10

Report of IPRED 6
- Mr. Jair Torres (SC/DRR, UNESCO)

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Time

Program

10:10 11:00

Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa (Programme specialist, UNESCO) - Report of the progress of

the establishment of the system for post-earthquake investigation

11:00 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 12:30

Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi (Director, IISEE, Building Research Institute, Japan) - Review of
IPRED action plan

12:30 14:00

Lunch

14:00 15:25

Report of field investigation in Philippines:

14:00 14:25

Part I: Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa (Programme specialist, UNESCO)

14:25 14:55

Part II: 1) Mr. Ruslanzhan Sadyrov (Institute of Seismology, Kazakhstan)

2) Mr. Kanatbay Ryskulov (Institute of Seismology, Kazakhstan)
3) Dr. Tanatkan Abakanov (Director, Institute of Seismology, Kazakhstan)

14:55 15:25

Part III: Dr. Koichi Kusunoki (Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, University of
Tokyo, Japan)

15:25 15:50

Coffee break

15:50 17:50

Reports:
1) Dr. Yuji Ishiyama (Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University, Japan) - Guidelines
for Earthquake Resisitant Non- Engineered Construction and Revision of ISO 3010
Seismic Actions on Structures
2) Dr. Raul Alvarez Medel (Professor, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile) Damage of the Earthquake in Tarapaca, Chile, and Chile's Preparedness on building
safety
3) Dr. Carlos Irala Candiotti (Head of Department, Universidad Nacional de
Ingenieria, Peru) Evaluation and Retrofitting of Schools in Peru
4 ) Dr. Oscar Lpez-Btiz (Head of Structural Risks, National Center for Disaster
Prevention (CENAPRED), Mexico) - Development of Regulations for the structural safety
of school buildings in Mexico
5) Dr. Viorel Popa (Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Romania)
New developments in the seismic design technical regulations in Romania

17:50

Thursday, 29 May 2014

9:30 10:30

End of the day

IPRED ANNUAL MEETING, day 2

Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa (Programme specialist, UNESCO) - UNESCO project for World
Conference on Disaster Reduction 2015

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Closing

Time

Program

10:30 11:15

Mr. Soichiro Yasukawa (Programme specialist , UNESCO) - IPRED presentation at

World Conference on Disaster Reduction 2015

11:15 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 12:30

Mr. Stephano Grimaz (Professor, University of Udine, Italy), Mr Torres Jair (SC/DRR,
UNESCO) - VISUS - school assessment tool

12:30 12:45

Any other items

12:45

Closing Ceremony
- UNESCO

Ceremony

- Institute of Seismology, Kazakhstan

13:00
Excursion

Lunch

14:30

Sightseeing in the city

18:30

Dinner hosted by UNESCO

Friday, 30 May 2014

Field Trip

9:30

Field Trip
9.30-13.00 Visit to Aksai gorge (to see the evidence of palaeoearthquakes)Visit to
13.00-14.00 Lunch in the resort
14.00-18.00 Medeu (seismic station, mudflow dam)

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