National Council for Scientific Research – Lebanon

The CNRS and the DRM Lebanon Unit in collaboration with Esri Lebanon took part in the #GIS week “Mapping Common Ground” by hosting the GIS day “From Risk to Resilience” on the 16th of November in the CNRS conference room. After the welcoming speeches, the interventions were done as follows: Eng. Hassan Al Sabea Ph.D. candidate at the CNRS-L presenting “Flood Risk Assessment", Eng. Nadine Aoun from the Ministry of Economy and Trade - the Republic of Lebanon presenting "Food Security", Eng. Bashar Mokdad from the DRM Unit presenting "GIS Role in Achieving DRR role in Lebanon", Eng. Houssein Khatib from the CNRS presented "Forest Fire and Early Warning System" and Mr. Mohamad Chalhoub from Esri Lebanon presented "The Emergency Management Solution".

An open panel discussing the future sustainability using "Location Intelligence" took place after that: Dr. Jalal Halwani representing the Lebanese University and Solidarité International, Mr. Nizar Hani representing the Chouf Biosphere Reserve, Mr. Zahi Chahine representing the head of the DRR unit at the Presidency of Council of Ministers at UNDP, and Dr. Chadi Abdallah representing the CNRS Lebanon.

At the end of the ceremony, a GIS License was distributed to the presenters and panelists as well as an achievement award was presented to the DRM Unit and the SuNaR EWS platform.