On 15–16 May 2025, the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) of Kyrgyzstan hosted a two-day training workshop titled “Multi-hazard Risk Assessment for Risk-Reduction Planning.” Organised by UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER in partnership with ESCAP-APCICT, the Geoinformatics Center (Asian Institute of Technology) and ITC–University of Twente, the course addressed the country’s overlapping threats from earthquakes, landslides, floods and climate-related extremes.
Aims and audience
Sixteen Kyrgyz Ministry of Emergency Situations officials—specialists in disaster management, GIS, and strategic planning, including four women—took part. By the close of the workshop, they were expected to:
· distinguish hazard, exposure, vulnerability and risk concepts;
· assemble the spatial data needed for multi-hazard analysis;
· create exposure and vulnerability layers in the RiskChanges platform; and interpret risk maps to guide mitigation choices.
