COURSE CONTENTS
In order to achieve the objectives, the course will have the following modules:
Module 1: Introduction to Disaster Risk Management
This module introduces participants to disaster-related concepts and terminologies, disaster risk trends, climate change science, and major frameworks, approaches, tools, and methods for DRR and climate change adaptation.
Module 2: Disaster Risk Identification and Assessment
This module introduces disaster risk identification and assessment processes, explores the process for conducting hazard, vulnerability and capacity assessments and provides a practical exercise in overall risk identification and assessment. The module also examines the application of risk assessments in disaster risk management processes.
Module 3: Disaster Risk Reduction
This module discusses risk reduction through prevention, preparedness and mitigation activities. Further, the module explores linkages between disasters and development, and emphasizes the importance of mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into sustainable development planning and implementation.
Module 4: Disaster Preparedness Planning
This module focuses on developing skills in effective planning for disaster preparedness. It takes participants through different stages of the preparedness planning process and provides essential guidelines for preparedness planning for effective response.
Module 5: Emergency Response
This module focuses on the specifics of coordination and management of emergency response in disaster situations. The module covers the concepts of emergency response including emergency coordination centers and how they are critical to the effective response operations in a disaster situation.
Module 6: Disaster Recovery
This module focuses on Post-disaster Damage and Need Assessments and Disaster Recovery. The module also explores the post disaster recovery process as an entry point and opportunity for longer-term risk reduction.
Module 7: Making Disaster Management Work
This module discusses significant over-arching requirements for the implementation of disaster management. It introduces cross-cutting issues to help increase the effectiveness and efficiency of disaster management activities.
TARGET PARTICIPANTS
The course will be most beneficial for: IFRC/ ICRC; international and local NGOs; NGOs involved in disaster risk reduction, response and recovery; staff from training institutes and other agencies responsible for knowledge dissemination and training of trainers on disaster risk reduction and management; persons involved in coordination of disaster management activities (e.g., defense forces and emergency services); UN agencies; and government officials responsible for disaster management policy and planning.
How to register:
Interested individuals and organizations can register online at www.adpc.net/apply.
For more information about the course, you may also contact Thanyaphat Sirasakpureekul at thanyaphat@adpc.net and telephone numbers +66 22980681 to 92 ext. 134.
Due to the limited slots for this course, interested parties must register on or before October 16, 2020 while payment must be made by November 6, 2020.