RESILIENCE - Rethinking Communities in a Post-Covid World

Event Link Here

EWB Ireland in partnership with TU Dublin, are launching a weekly Resilience webinar series over the summer months. taking place each Wednesday starting at 1.30pm. The webinar series will comprise a short 15-20 minute presentation from a range of guest presenters from around the world. The overall theme of the webinar series is “Resilient Cities and Communities” and how we can rethink and create these post COVID19.

Speakers will discuss topics ranging from building earthquake resilient schools in Nepal, to nutrition programs in Niger, to responding to COVID19 emergencies in Ireland and Bangladesh, among a host of other topics. Our first webinar will be held by Liam McCarton, Lecturer in TU Dublin and Director of EWB, entitled “New Ways to Build Community Resilience in a post-Covid 19 World ”. Liam will explore what exactly are the components of this illusive term “resilience” with reference to communities in Africa, Asia, South America and Ireland. He will also discuss how engineers need to radically change their approach to infrastructure provision if we are to thrive in a post Climate Change / post COVID19 world.

The purpose of the series is to prompt discussion and debate, and ultimately to harness the creativity of the wider scientific and engineering community to solve local and global challenges in a post COVID19 world. These events are part of the EU development education and awareness raising (DEAR) programme (EuropeAid/151103/DH/ACT/Multi) and the Build Solid Ground campaign, which aims to inform and actively engage EU citizens in actions towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

We are kindly asking for donations towards our partner Zamda Ireland’s fundraiser for the Sables Nua Children’s Centre in Kabwe, Zambia. You can read more about required product donations at: https://www.zamdaireland.org/materials-and-your-help-needed-to-fill-our-container-bound-for-kabwe/ or you can make a cash donation on the EWB website with the reference “Sables Nua” at: https://ewb-ireland.org/ewbi-donations/.