GRIP brought technical support in Risk Assessment to 11 countries and the Economic Community of Central African States. GRIP's 5-year establishment phase is ending in March 2012 and GRIP is now preparing for its second phase by initiating a comprehensive and independent evaluation for further improvements in the second phase.

GRIP brought technical support and training in Risk Assessment to 10 countries and the Africa region. The Shanghai Normal University has granted US$ 80,000 to GRIP-CERAM Shanghai for National Disaster Observatory and software tool and practice developments. GRIP has also started high level collaboration with the Global Science Forum of OECD and the Global Risk Forum - Davos.

In November, GRIP brought technical support to the authorities and local UN teams in 8 countries in different fields of Risk Assessment such as National Disaster Observatories (NDO), National Flood Risk Mapping, etc. After the success of Shanghai, the Baja California state also endorsed the creation of a GRIP-backed CERAM in BC, Mexico ...