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The project represents an extension as well as expansion of an earlier collaboration project funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy to India (New Delhi) to additional earthquake-prone regions on the Indian subcontinent. The project is therefore subdivided into three regional chapters: Chapter 1 - Northeast Indian and Bhutan: NORSAR, Assam Engineering College (AEC, Guwahati), Geological Survey of Bhutan (DGM, Thimphu), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR, Roorkee) Chapter 2 - Peninsular India: NOR SAR, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (C-MMACS, Bangalore) Chapter 3 - Northern India: NORSAR, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI, Oslo), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR, Roorkee), Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG, Dehradun) While NORSAR will steer the separate chapters and will serve as a connection link between the different partners, collaborations between these partners on selected fields of interest are established during the project duration t hat will continue to grow long after the proposed project terminates. In order to establish these contacts, to reawaken existing contacts and to maintain/sustain the direct interaction, annual workshops with participants from all project institutions wil l be organized. These workshops will be a combination of a 1-day project meeting in order to present, discuss and exchange project results as well as to plan joint efforts in the target regions, and a 2-day training course for MSc and PhD students or loca l professionals on various topics (e.g. seismic hazard assessment, basics of earthquake engineering, earthquake-resistant design, building codes, vulnerability assessment, hospital and school vulnerability, seismic risk and loss). In addition to the techn ical partners, representatives from governmental institutions will be involved to enhance practical impact, to give technical recommendations and to conduct activities in line with political strategies.