The award for Volcanic surveillance and crisis management is given every 2 years during the Cities on Volcanoes conference.
This is a group achievement that honours the personnel from institutions or organisations responsible for monitoring volcanoes (volcano observatories and/or other institutions) that have made a remarkable contribution to the mitigation of volcanic risks.
Criteria for eligibility include successful risk assessment and mitigation efforts and/or effective volcano surveillance and eruption forecasting and/or effective crisis management.
PREVIOUS VSCM award winners
- 2018 – Center for Volcanology and Geologic Hazards Mitigation (CVGHM) – INDONESIA
- 2020 – IG-EPN – ECUADOR
- 2022 – Seismic Research Center of the University of the West Indies – TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO