IRDR IPO hires a Science Officer
23 November 2011

IRDR IPO is delighted to announce a new addition to the IRDR Team.

Majoring in Natural Disasters at the Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management of Beijing Normal University, and with a long-term experience working in the international cooperation field of disaster reduction, Ms. Yaoying Cheng began to fulfill the duty of Science Officer at IRDR IPO on November 21, 2011. The main responsibilities of the science officer are to provide support and assistance to the IRDR Executive Director, to develop and implement a process to gather, achieve and widely disseminate information from IRDR programmes, projects and initiatives, and to promote the IRDR programme at global, regional and national levels.

For Ms. Yaoying Cheng’s contact please visit this page.

 

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