.. Iberoamerican Volcanological Network: A New Challenge for Reducing Volcanic Risk in the Iberoamerican Community.

.- BRETON, M; CASELLI, A; COELLO BRAVO, J. J; FORJAZ, V, GONÇALVES A.A.; GONZALEZ, E; IBAÑEZ, J; MIRANDA, R; MUÑOZ, A; ORDOÑEZ, S; PEREZ, N. M. AND ROMERO, C..

Tenerife

Congreso; Cities on Volcanoes 6; 2010

ITER

8. The Iberoamerican Volcanological Network is a non-profit organization which is planning to promote and establish cooperation mechanisms to help reducing volcanic risk in the Iberoamerican community. This new organization was suggested by volcanologists from 13 Iberoamerican countries during a workshop at La Antigua (Guatemala) in February 2008 organized by ITER. The major goal of this 2008 meeting was to bring together experts on volcanology and volcanic risk management from Iberoamerican countries to evaluate the state of the art of reducing volcanic risk programs in Iberoamerica through a SWOT analysis as well as defining strategies to advance and strength the efforts for reducing volcanic risk in Iberoamerica. One of the strategies was to establish a network of Iberoamerican institutions which are willing to joint efforts for reducing volcanic risk in the Iberoamerican community. During the International Symposium of Volcanology Chinyero 2009, held at Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife, Canary Islands) last November, the Iberoamerican Volcanological Network was established by 12 different institutions, which did act as founding partners, from Argentina, Cape Verde, México, Nicaragua, Portugal and Spain. May become members of this new partnership institutions and organizations (research and technological centers, universities, volcanological observatories, professional societies, geological surveys, national civil protection services, companies, scientific and technical associations, municipalities, NGOs , international cooperation agencies, etc..) from Iberoamerican states meaning by Iberoamerican state which joined the Organization of Iberoamerican States (OEI). It may also be members of the Iberoamerican Volcanological Network institutions and organizations from the states which joined the Organization of American States (OAS) and those countries like the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea and Cape Verde have a close cultural and historical relationship with Spain and Portugal, respectively. The main purpose of the Iberoamerican Volcanological Network will be to encourage the exchange of knowledge and experience among the institutions working in the field of volcanology and volcanic risk management in the Iberoamerican community as well as enhance the cooperation as a working method.