OPPORTUNITIES
The UP Resilience Institute research scientists collaborate with many local and international groups and we grow partnerships each year. Consistent with a whole-of-society approach to disaster risk reduction, trans-disciplinary work is conducted with members of national agencies, local government units, non-government institutions, academe and the private sector:
National Agencies/Instituttions – Office of Civil Defence (OCD); Climate Change Commission (CCC); Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD); Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD); Department of Health (DOH); Department of Science and Technology (DOST); Commission on Higher Education (CHED); Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG); Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); 2DAlbay – Congressman Joey Salceda; DENR Region 5
Local Government Units – Naga City, Cebu; Taysan, Batangas; Padre Garcia Batangas; Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija; Balanga City, Bataan; City of Manila, Metro Manila; Quezon City, Metro Manila; Tuguegarao City, Cagayan; Iguig Municipality, Cagayan; Municipality of Dumangas, Iloilo; Municipality of Zaragga, Iloilo; Passi City, Iloilo; Legaspi City, Albay; Zamboanga City, Zamboanga; Borongan City, Samar; City of Iloilo, Iloilo; Cotabato City, BARMM; Alangalang, Leyte; Babatngon, Leyte; Baybay, Leyte; Burauen, Leyte; Capoocan, Leyte; Carigara, Leyte; Dagami, Leyte; Jaro, Leyte; Javier, Leyte; Julita, Leyte; La Paz, Leyte; Pastrana, Leyte; San Miguel, Leyte; Santa Fe, Leyte; Tabontabon, Leyte; Tunga, Leyte; Daram, Samar; Santa Rita, Samar; Talalora, Samar; Villareal, Samar; Balangkayan, Eastern Samar; Gen. MacArthur, Eastern Samar; Giporlos, Eastern Samar; Guiuan, Eastern Samar; Hernani, Eastern Samar; Llorente, Eastern Samar; Maydolong, Eastern Samar; Quinapondan, Eastern Samar; Salcedo, Eastern Samar; Laguna Province, Aklan Province, and Albay Province; City of Ligao
Private Sector – Aboitiz Foundation; Cebuana Lhuillier Foundation, Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF), ABS-CBN; Natasha (donor); Komunidad; Local Climate Change Adaptation for Development (LCCAD); Gawad Kalinangan, Inc. (GKI); Geoscience Foundation; Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI); Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation; Facebook Data for Good; Telus.
Non-Government Organizations (Iocal) – DRRNetPhil; GoShare; Rotary Club; Red Cross; MapPH, YouthMappers – UP Tacloban; YouthMappers Far Eastern University – Institute of Technology; YouthMappers – National University; YouthMappers – University of Makati; YouthMappers – FEU Alabang; Youthmapper Bicol University; YouthMappers – Visayas State University; YouthMappers – University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines; YouthMappers – Sulu State College; Sama-Sama Tulong-Tulong; Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP); Philippines Social Science Council ; Philippine Preparedness Partnership (PhilPrep); Philippine Academic Society for Climate and Disaster Resilience (PASCDR); UP Vanguard Incorporated; UPLB Foundation Inc.
Non-Government Organizations (International) – Shelter Box – SOS; StartNetwork; Forewarn; CARE International; Catholic Relief Services (CRS); Conservation International (CI); German Red Cross; Red Cross Red Crescent; Climate Centre, the Netherlands; Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC); Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP); Integrated Disaster Risk Management Society (IDRiM); Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
Academic Institutions (local) – De La Salle University (DLSU); Far Eastern University (FEU); Centro Escolar University (CEU); University of Santo Tomas (UST); Ateneo de Manila; Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP); Cagayan State University (CSU), Xavier University; Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA); Faith Colleges, Batangas; Mariano Marcos State University; Pangasinan State University; Benguet State University; University of Northern Philippines; Central Luzon State University; Ramon Magsaysay Technological University; Tarlac College of Agriculture; Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Science & Technology; Philippine Normal University; Bicol University; Camarines Sur Polytechnic University; Partido State University; Samar State University; Northwest Samar State University; Aklan State University; University of Antique; West Visayas State University; Iloilo Science and Technology University; Northern Negros State College of Science & Technology; Bohol Island University; Western Mindanao State University; Sultan Kudarat State University; Sulu State College; and Surigao del Sur State University; Philippine Public Safety Colleges (PPSC); Bicol University; UP Los Baños College of Forestry and Natural Resources; UP Los Baños Integrated Natural Resources and Environment Management
Academic International (international) – University of Sydney, Australia; Tsunami and Disaster Research Center, Indonesia; IRIDeS, Tohoku University, Japan; Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, USA; Climate Systems Analysis Group, University of Cape Town, South Africa; University of Namibia, Multidisciplinary Research Services, Namibia; Department of Geography and Environmental Science, National University of Lesotho, Lesotho; Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh; School of Public Health, Department of Community Health and Behavioural Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda; Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique; Asian Network of Climate Science and Technology (ANCST) – multiple institutions; University of Auckland, New Zealand; University of Hull, United Kingdom; Keio University, Japan; Karlsruhe University, Germany; University of Illinois, Chicago, USA; Magmas et Volcans, University of Clermont Auvergne, France; Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
(note: this list is currently being updated)
Because of our multiple collaborations, there are many opportunities to help build resilience for the country and the world.