Contact information on other universities in the region that offer courses or graduate and postgraduate degrees in risk management

Argentina, Mendoza
Cuyo National University offers a postgraduate degree in Prevention, Planning, and Integrated Management of Disaster-Prone Areas.
For more information, please contact
Secretaría de Posgrado, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.
Centro Universitario 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
Tel (54 261) 4494006/07 Fax (54 261) 4380457
posgrado@logos.uncu.edu.ar
http://ffyl.uncu.edu.ar

Venezuela, Mérida
The Instituto Universitario de Tecnología de Ejido (IUTE), through the Training Center for Emergency and Disaster Management and the Foundation for the Prevention of Seismic Risk (FUNDAPRIS), is offering a high-level technical certification in Emergency Management and Disaster Response.
For more information, please contact:
Prof. Alejandro Liñayo
Apartado 344, Mérida 5101, Mérida, Venezuela
Av. Monseñor Pulido Méndez, cruce con Av. de Los Estadios, Mérida, Edo. Mérida-Venezuela
alejo@bolivar.funmrd.gov.ve

Colombia, Medellín
The University of Antioquia’s Public Health School has a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center aimed at supporting disaster management initiatives in the health care field throughout the region. The University also offers a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Social Sciences and Risk and Disaster Management.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. John Flores, Centro de Desastres, Medellín
Saludpub@epm.net.co

FLACSO, LA RED
The Latin American Social Sciences Federation and the La Red Network have jointly set up a Latin American Postgraduate Studies Program in Disaster and Risk Management, employing a “virtual” methodology that only requires part-time attendance. The Program will offer a Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Disasters, and Risk Management. Technical certification is also available.
For more information, please contact:
www.itdg.org.pe/lared/maestria

Peru, Lima
Disasters Program
Intermediate Technology Development Group: ITDG-Peru
The LA RED Social Studies Network on Disaster Prevention in Latin America
For more information, please contact:
Eduardo Franco
Av. Jorge Chavez 275, Lima 18, PERU
Tel: (511) 447-5127/446-7324/444-7055 Fax: (511) 446-6621
eduardof@itdg.org.pe www.itdg.org.pe
www.itdg.org.pe/elnino www.lared.org.pe