RED - Risk Engineering + Development

🌍 This week, our Director Fagà and Project Manager Paola Ceresa are attending the 58th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank(ADB), held in Milan from May 4 to 7, 2025.
Under the theme “Sharing Experience, Building Tomorrow”, the event brings together over 5,000 participants, including representatives from 69 member countries, the private sector, civil society, and academia. It's a unique opportunity to engage with diverse stakeholders, gather insights, build connection and collaborate on building a more resilient future, capable of withstanding the impacts of extreme events and climate change.

g Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze

📣 Our paper on large-scale flood risk assessment in Central Asia is now published!
This work is part of the "Strengthening Financial Resilience and Accelerating Risk Reduction in Central Asia" ( ) programme, created by the European Union, in collaboration with the World Bank Europe and Central Asia and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), to enhance disaster and climate resilience across the region.

Under the SFRARR programme was developed the “Regionally consistent risk assessment for earthquakes and floods and selective landslide scenario analysis” project, led by RED and supported by a consortium of national and international partners.

The target countries of this programme are , , , and .

This article presents the data, model, methodology, and results for the five Central Asian countries of the flood risk assessment, which represents the first high-resolution regional-scale transboundary risk assessment study in the area aiming to provide tools for decision-making.

Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dRdgAsFX
This paper is part of the special issue: https://lnkd.in/dEpuw_8x

OGS - Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, ERN - Evaluación de Riesgos Naturales, UNESCO Chair (Università di Firenze - UniFi), Akua Capital, Institute of Seismology - Ministry of Emergency Situations (MoES) of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Institute of Water Problems, Hydropower and Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, of Seismology of the National Academy of the Sciences of Kyrgyz Republic, Institute of Seismology of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Sergey Tyagunov, Stefano Parolai, Stuart Fraser, Chyi-Yun Huang

Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction, World Bank Kyrgyz Republic, World Bank Kazakhstan, World Bank Group Tajikistan - Гурӯҳи Бонки ҷаҳонӣ дар Тоҷикистон, World Bank Uzbekistan - Jahon bankining O‘zbekistondagi vakolatxonasi.

Paola Ceresa, Gianbattista Bussi, Simona Denaro, Gabriele Coccia, Paolo Bazzurro, Mario Martina, Ettore Fagà, Carlos Avelar, Mario Ordaz, Benjamin Huerta Garnica, Osvaldo Garay, Zhanar Raimbekova, Abdrakhmatov Kanatbek, Sitora Mirzokhonova, Vakhitkhan Ismailov, and Vladimir Belikov

With the support of our local partners, we recently completed the first phase of the World Bank Kyrgyz Republic-funded project "Enhancing Resilience in Kyrgyzstan - ERIK", "Development of insurance (financial) module with probabilistic earthquake risk model run for the insurance market of the Kyrgyz Republic".
As part of it, we organized a two-day workshop and training sessions from December 4 to December 6, in Bishkek, to build capacity among key local stakeholders in effectively using the project outputs and tools. Representatives of the Market Regulation and Supervision Service under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic and representatives of the insurance attended the workshop sessions to understand the background and technical aspects of the Financial Module tool, followed by hands-on training sessions to apply the financial module in their insurance sector.
We are now launching a one-year support and maintenance phase to provide continued technical support to the Government of Kyrgyz Republic and ensure the successful implementation and utilization of said financial module.
Thrilled to contribute to the development of sustainable risk management practices in Kyrgyz Republic and look forward to ongoing collaboration with local key stakeholders.



Kohrangi, Sipcic, Paola Ceresa, Bazzurro, Parolai, Kanatbek, Omorov

Market Regulation and Supervision Service under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic
Implementation Unit Kyrgyzstan
of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic

In collaboration with the National Emergency Management Office - NEMO Tonga (NDRMO), Ministry of Meidecc - Tonga, we recently joined with the World Bank Pacific to organize a technical mission to Nuku’alofa and Vava’u, Tonga, from September 23 to 27, 2024. This mission is part of ongoing technical assistance focused on Disaster Risk Quantification, Financing, and Policy Reforms for resilience in Tonga, with support from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).
The mission aimed to present findings from a multi-hazard risk assessment (MHRA) and gather valuable stakeholder input to help shape the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Plan for Vava’u. Workshops in both Nuku’alofa and Vava’u brought together key voices from local government, NGOs, the Church, and other community organizations.
Putting the people of Tonga at the centre of our work, we continue to support the World Bank in providing evidence-based tools and recommendations to help the NDRMO draft a comprehensive DRM Plan for Vava’u.
It’s been a great privilege to take part in this mission and contribute towards resilience building in Tonga! We thank the NDRMO for hosting our team, Ettore Fagà and Paola Ceresa, in Tonga.
Special thanks to Mafua-'i-Vai'utukakau Maka, Director NDRMO, Moana Kioa, Deputy Director NDRMO, Mr. Esau Tupou, Acting CEO MEIDECC, Ms. Lu’isa Taunga, Acting Director of the National Disaster Risk Management Office (NDRMO – MEIDECC), Viliami Tongamana, Inter- Clusters Coordinator, Lucy Fa’anunu, Officer in Charge, Ministry of MEIDECC, Vava’u island, and to Paola Ceresa and Ettore Fagà who represented RED on the ground, along with our dedicated Tonga-based team members Ana Bing Fonua and Taniela Hoponoa. We are pleased to have supported the World Bank task team — Jian Vun, Nicolas Pondard, and Suresh Pokharel — in their efforts to assist the Government of Tonga and the NDRMO in strengthening Tonga's disaster resilience.

Don’t miss our Omer Odabasi’s talk at

Join us today, Tuesday, July 2nd, at 2:30 p.m. at Monitor 20. His presentation is part of the “REC1 - 2023 Kahramanmaras Turkey Earthquake Sequence: Field Observations and Recommendations” Technical Session.

Omer will be presenting an investigation of a collapsed reinforced concrete tall building during the 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquake Sequence in Turkey.