18th Earthquake Safety Day marked in Dhading
18th Earthquake Safety Day has been marked in Dhadingbesi, the district headquarters of Dhading conducting a talk program on “Earthquake Risk Reduction, Reconstruction Process and Its...
18th Earthquake Safety Day (#18thESD) marked, President of Nepal launched National Reconstruction Mega Campaign
Commemorating Great Nepal-Bihar Earthquake of 1934, Nepal marked 18th Earthquake Safety Day (#18thESD) on January 16, 2016. President of Nepal Vidya Devi Bhandari amidst an august gathering at...
Nepal adds one more lot of Medical First Responders
Twenty-four Officials from security agencies of Nepal have recently graduated in Medial First Responder (MFR) Course. NSET in collaboration with Nepal Police conducted the Course during December...
Media Training Workshop on Disaster Reporting held
Focus on enhancing safer reconstruction in Post Gorkha Earthquake situation
With a sole objective to boost media personnel’s understanding on key issues of Disaster Risk Management...
USMCA2015: Excellent Young Researchers Awarded
Congratulations to young scientists who grabbed Excellent Young Researcher Award for their papers presented in #USMCA2015.
The awardees are:
National...
Kalinchowk FM celebrates 9th Anniversary, partners’ support acknowledged
Kalinchowk FM 106.4 MHz, Dolakha celebrated 9th Annivarsy on November 7, 2015 with varieties of programs. To continue with past trend, the radio celebrated this episode in Jilu, Tahale some 7 Km....
The first TOT training under the Baliyo Ghar program has concluded successfully
The Training for Trainers on Earthquake Resistant Construction Technology has concluded in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur on 3rd November 2015. The last day of training included individual presentation...
USMCA2015 concluded successfully
The 14th international symposium on new technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia (USMCA2015) was concluded successfully in the capital city of Nepal. The internationally acclaimed...
International Symposium starts in Kathmandu focusing on various facets of Urban Safety
The 14th International Symposium on New Technology for Urban Safety of Megacities in Asia has been started in Kathmandu.Mr. Som Prasad Pandey, Chief Guest, Minister, Ministry of Industry has...
United States increases Support to Housing Reconstruction
The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), today announced three initiatives to support the Government of Nepal’s model of owner-driven housing...
CSAR (Community Search and Rescue) and DAT (Damage Assessment Training)
The INSTRUCTORS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING (CSAR-1001 and DAT-1001) organized by UNDSS (United Nations Department of Safety And Security) with technical support from NSET (National Society for Earthquake...
Community Volunteers trained on Earthquake Non-Structural Mitigation
A group of community volunteers from Ward Nos. 10 and 34 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City are now trained on various techniques of Earthquake Non Structural Mitigation. National Society for...
Karyabinayak Municipality steps in training Masons on safer construction
One group of 30 masons have got trained on safer construction techniques in Karyabinayak, Lalitpur. The participants were imparted with theoretical knowledge as well as hands-on skills on...
Capacity Building activities implemented in Kalikot, teachers and students trained on DRR/CCA facets
District Level 7 days training to school teachers and students on "School based Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (DRR/CCA) has been kicked out in Humla district. In the...
Preparatory Meeting held at Shankarapur Municipality for Urban Regeneration Workshop
A Preparatory Meeting for Urban Regeneration Workshop held at Shankarapur Municipality Office, Sankhu on September 7, 2015. The meeting was held with a purpose to explore the recent problems of...
Orientation on Urban Regeneration for Bhaktapur Development Support Association
Community interest to learn about concepts to redevelop city core areas have been found to rise high. Bhaktapur Development Support Association in association with National Society for Earthquake...
PEER Nepal Planning Meeting underlines successes and needs in emergency response
National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET) in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs-Government of Nepal, organized PEER Country Planning Meeting last September 18, 2015, at...
Discussion on Urban Regeneration held in Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ward No. 27
An interaction program on Urban Regeneration held on August 22, 2015 at Dhwakha Bahal, Asan of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC). The program was organized by Unified Housing Reconstruction...
“Orientation on Urban Regeneration for Bhaktapur Development Support Association “
An orientation program on “ Urban Regeneration ” was organized on the auspicious occasion of 24th anniversary of Bhaktapur Development Support Association. The programme was held...
Interactive Seminar started at Khokana for Reconstruction Process
On 25th April, 2015, a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal and was followed by dozens of aftershocks which caused a huge damage throughout the whole country. Many old, Architecturally...
KMC and NSET sign MOU on Urban Regeneration
National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET) has joined hands with Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) by signing an MOU to work together in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in core city...
Shapla Neer and NSET start joint efforts on Non-Structural Mitigation in the communities
Shapla Neer Nepal and National Society for Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET) have started a joint effort on non-structural mitigation works in communities at Kathmandu – 10 and 34 Wards and...
First Batch of 'Earthquake Masons' Ready to Build Safer
Fifty-five masons in Charikot, Dolakha graduated from an earthquake-safe construction training today, following five days of intense instruction. The masons are the first of over 5,000 who will...
US Congress Representatives visit Earthquake most hit areas of Sankhu, Kathmandu
A team of US Congress Representatives visited Earthquake most hit areas of Sankhu, Kathmandu on August 19, 2015. The visiting representatives walked along the streets to city core areas worst hit...
A TOT (Training-of-Trainers) Presentation Session on Disaster/Earthquake Risks & Mitigation Measures in Nepal
Consortium Nepal, an umbrella non-profit organization working for child participation in Nepal, commenced its four-day (14th – 17th August, 2015) residential Training-of-Trainers on Life...
PEER Regional Course Review Workshop held
As the National Society for Earthquake Technology – Nepal (NSET) embarked on implementing the Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER) Stage 4 (2014-2019), NSET gathered senior...
PEER Regional Strategic Planning Workshop Kathmandu, Nepal; July 21-23, 2015
Regional Strategic Planning Workshop (SPW) of the Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER) kicks of today in Kathmandu. Addressing the inaugural session, Mr. Pradip Koirala from...
A coalition of DRR & CCA: District Project Advisory Committee formed.
District Project Advisory Committee has been formed under the collaboration of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Program. The committee was formally established on...
Nandikeshar Bagaicha, one of Emergency Evacuation Site handed over to the Community
Nandikeshar Bagaicha, a recently developed park, located at Naxal was handed over to the Community Service Centre (CSC), a community based organization (CBO) in a program organized by Kathmandu...
Household Survey at Sankhu commenced
After a 3-days training on Detail Damage Assessment and Orientation on Urban Regeneration, 14 volunteer architects as well as architecture students are in the field at Sankhu starting from 27th...