Funding
FRIEND, the Foundation for Research and International Education relating to Natural Disasters, was established on August 22, 1997, as a non-profit corporation. FRIEND's purpose is to promote international, multidisciplinary cooperation, research, information dissemination, and education relating to the forecasting of natural disasters and to the mitigation of the consequences of natural disasters.
FRIEND is a non-government organization (NGO) dedicated to strengthening community awareness in developing countries on disaster preparedness technologies. Tax-deductible contributions to the fund are used to support the activities of the United Nations Global Programme for the Integration of Public Administration and the Science of Disasters (UNGP-IPASD).
UNEPPA is the United Nations Trust Fund for Integrating Public Administration and the Science of Earthquakes in Prediction. This fund was established in early 1996, with a private donation of US$150,000 directly to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) so as to initiate the activities of the UNGP-IPASD. These funds were used to support research related to Qinglong County and to hold the first international conference of the UNGP-IPASD in Beijing, China, in January 1997.
Contributions to the UNEPPA Trust Fund, to FRIEND, and/or to specific Global Programme efforts are welcome. For more information, please contact:
Jeanne-Marie
Col
Senior Inter-regional Advisor
UN DESA
DC-1 Room 986
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
Tel. 212-963-8377
Fax 212-557-5576
