August-October 2008
ADPC delivers a
3 credit
course, titled “Managing the
Disasters” for a
required master
degree program
on Disaster Preparedness,
Mitigation and Management (DPMM)
for Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT),
Bangkok.
Regional training
course on Mainstreaming Disaster
Risk Reduction in Local Governance (MDRRG-3),
1-5 Sep 2008, Manila, Philippines
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ADPC will offer the course building
on past and the continued mandate of
ADPC facilitated Regional
Consultative Committee (RCC),
prioritizing mainstreaming of DRR in
sectoral and national development
planning processes. The RCC
significantly focuses and advocates
capacity building of local
governance for mainstreaming DRR.
Importance of mainstreaming of
disaster risk reduction is also
recognized by the Hyogo Framework
for Action (HFA) adopted at the
World Congress of Disaster Reduction
(WCDR), where integration of
disaster risk reduction in the
development progress is a priority.
All national policies on disaster
management advocate streamlining
Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in
the development process. The
proposed course meets the objectives
of the RCC and HFA in facilitating
and enhancing awareness building of
the local governance in the area of
DRR.
The primary objective of MDRRG is to
develop a cadre of local government
professionals and development
practitioners sensitive to issues
posed by the recurrent hazards. The
course will enhance knowledge and
capacities of local urban
authorities, associated NGOs and
other stakeholders in streamlining
disaster risk reduction in urban
development. It will create
opportunities for mainstreaming risk
reduction as a component of urban
governance. It will also help
communities at risk and NGOs to
support the governance and
participate in creating safer urban
communities and sustainable
development through DRR.
The course is targeting
representatives of local government
ministries/departments, urban
emergency services and planning
functions related to risk reduction
from cities and local government
training institutions, NGOs involved
in urban community development
initiatives, existing city networks
and private sectors.
Participation to the course is open
to all countries; however priorities
will be reserved for the Asia-Pacific
region.
Regional Training
Course on End-to-End Multi-Hazard
Early Warning Systems, 15-26 Sept
2008, Bangkok, Thailand
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The course will build the capacities
of professionals to design, manage,
evaluate and undertake improvements
in people centered end-to-end early
warning systems for hydro-meteorological
& geological hazards and extreme
events associated with climate
change and variability. It builds
upon ADPC’s two decades of
experience in disaster management,
facilitating regional cooperation
and building capacities of disaster
management institutions at all
government levels, disaster
management practitioners and
communities. It extends to institutionalizing
weather and climate information
applications for disaster mitigation
and recently, in the implementation
of Indian Ocean and South East Asia
end-to-end early warning system for
tsunami and hydro-meteorological
hazards.
The course will be delivered by
technical professionals at ADPC who
have vast knowledge & experience
working in the field of Early
Warning Systems (EWS) and, through
an extensive alumni league
comprising of international
experienced
practitioners and experts from
different organizations and
government institutions, globally.
Regional training
course on Flood Disaster Risk
Management (FDRM-9),
6-17
October 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
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The FDRM-9 has been designed to meet
vital concerns of most Asian nations
to combat the perennial problem of
floods and the resultant
destruction. The course offers an
integrated approach for dealing with
this situation. The course will also
expose the learners to globally
acknowledged practices for dealing
with Flood Disaster Risk Management.
Experts from a number of different
countries and organizations will
complement the ADPC faculty in
conducting the course.
The course has six modules that
impart information and skills in
flood problem analysis,
understanding and appreciation of
the various approaches to flood risk
reduction, determination of
appropriateness of strategies and
measures to achieve the desired goal
of flood risk reduction. The
training methodology includes
interactive lectures, workshops,
individual work, case studies,
plenary sessions, panel discussions
and field visit activities.
Please share the information with
colleagues and network of partner
organizations. Participants
interested to attend the course are
requested to fill up the ADPC
Training Application Form. Please download
the application from of all the
above courses from the ADPC website
www.adpc.net.
Should you need any further
information related to the courses,
pls contact us at
tedadpc@adpc.net
or call us at (+66-2) 298 0681-92.
