Afghanistan-uka 2015 er et samarbeid mellom Afghanistankomiteen, Chr. Michelsens institutt (CMI) og Institutt for fredsforskning (PRIO). I tillegg bidrar en lang rekke andre organisasjoner til programmet. Sentrale afghanske og internasjonale eksperter og aktører kommer til Norge for å stå bak talerstoler og delta i debatter. Afghanistankomiteen er initiativtaker og koordinator for uka som blir gjennomført med støtte fra Fritt Ord og Norad. De fleste av arrangementene vil foregå hos Røde Kors i Hausmanns gate 7 i Oslo.
The Afghanistan Week 2015 is a cooperation between the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee, the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), along with a host of Norwegian NGOs. Our aim is to bring Afghanistan to the top of the Norwegian agenda, bringing Afghan and international experts to Norway to inform and debate. Most events will take place at Hausmanns gate 7, hosted by The Norwegian Red Cross.
Andrea Taurisano is an Italian geologist with 6 years of research experience within glaciology, snow physics and climate change and 13 years within geology with focus on landslide and avalanche hazard assessment.
He works as senior engineer at the Norwegian water resources and energy directorate (NVE) in Oslo, with a central role in the national program for landslide and avalanche hazard mapping.
During the last three years, Andrea has collaborated as a volunteer with the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee (NAC), for which he has been doing landslide risk assessments for settlements in Badakhshan as well as helping local geologists and engineers build up experience within the field of landslides and risk assessment.
