15 World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction (WCoEs) 2011-2014 have been indentified at the 6th Session of IPL Global Promotion Committee and released on the opening ceremony of the Second World Landslide Forum held at FAO on 3 October 2011.

The application of World Centre of Excellence was called on 3 December 2010. The received application forms were evaluated by the objectives and criteria below and identified through the following steps of screenings, eligibility examination by ICL secretariat, technical evaluation by evaluation committee, and evaluation from wider scope and endorsement by the Independent of Panel of Experts consisting of 5 members from UNESCO, UNU, ICSU, Landslide expert, Disaster Reduction expert, and finally the recommended candidates of WCoEs were reported and approved by the IPL-Global Promotion Committee.

Objectives of WCoE:
– To strengthen the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) and IPL Global Promotion Committee;
– To create “A Global Network of entities contributing to landslide risk reduction”; and
– To improve the global recognition of “Landslide Risk Reduction” and its social-economic relevance, and entities contributing to this field.

Criteria for WCoE candidates:
Governmental and non-governmental entities such as universities, agencies, and other institutions, and their subsidiary entities (faculties, departments, centres, divisions or others) which meet the following two conditions:
• Contributing to “Risk Reduction for Landslides and Related Earth System Disasters”; and
• Willing to support IPL intellectually, practically and financially by either joining ICL or contributing to IPL-GPC and promote “landslide research and risk reduction” on a regional and/or global scale in a mutually beneficial manner.

Call for Application of WCoE 2011-2014