The Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI) is an international scientific organisation.Its mission is to advance policy, knowledge and practice of urban Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). EMI’s mandate is to build capacity in developing countries and enable acquisition and implementation of scientific knowledge in both policy and practice.
EMI organises its activities along three core areas:
- Methodology and Practice for mainstreaming urban risk resources
- Development of tools to support local Disaster Risk Management (DRM) practice,
- Facilitate knowledge sharing among partner cities and institutions. EMI also organizaes city-to-city sharing, and scale up applications and experience.