PIEDAR is in contact with Earthquake Relief and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) and partnering with Concern Worldwide in spreading Disaster Risk Reduction training and preparedness. The director of PIEDAR, Syed Ayub Qtub, was an official during the 1974 earthquake in Pakistan and has conducted extensive DRR research. Under the project, PIEDAR will play a lead role in researching Pakistani government national policy reviews on climate change and disaster risk reduction. With input from Fawad Khan and Daanish Mustafa, PIEDAR will lead a policy study on the 1974 earthquake and lessons for disaster risk reduction under current hazards, both the recent 2005 earthquake and other hazards such as floods. This policy paper will also include a review of government policies on disaster risk reduction under the current political environment.
