This Centre of Excellence is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education Fund as part of the BUiLD project. BUiLD stands for “Building Universities in Leading Disaster Resilience” and is a joint initiative by a consortium of universities across Indonesia and Europe.

We are creating a Centre of Excellence in Disaster Resilience in eight universities across Indonesia. Under the umbrella of a National Disaster Resilience Network, these centres will act as local enablers in the implementation of a comprehensive Disaster Resilience Framework. Based on the penta helix model, the vision behind the centres and the National Disaster Resilience Network is to facilitate collaboration between universities and the public, private and third sector.

The Disaster Resilience Framework integrates resilience capacity building at multiple levels, including the individual, programme, institutional, regional and national level. It addresses several aspects of resilience capacity-building, including university governance, disaster response and recovery capability, disaster awareness training, curriculum development, fundraising, networking, knowledge transfer, and research and innovation. The BUiLD project therefore also aims to increase the attractiveness of disaster resilience education and career development in order to build future leadership capacity.

To find out more about BUiLD project. The Disaster Resilience Framework and the National Disaster Resilience Network, please visit www.disasterresilience.eu