INTRODUCTION

Description

ADPC has been organizing CBDRR Regional Training program annually. This year, ADPC through its project called: PDRSEA (Partnership for Disaster Reduction – South East Asia) phase 4 is trying to launch an online course on CBDRR. This initiative was raised due to the fact that Disaster Management Practitioners most of the time is busy with task at the field.

Having the course online will help the practitioners to keep working on their duty place, and at the same time learning and sharing the experience of CBDRR.

Objective

• The objective of this course is to build up capacity of DM practitioners, and also to share and learn their experiences in CBDRR.
• In addition to that, by the end of the course, the participants will be expected to be able to:
•  Examine various models of Disaster Risk Management
• Design and conduct CBDRR Assessment
• Identify measures for hazard & vulnerability reduction & community capacity building

Agenda

This CBDRR online course is a four-module course.
The pilot test which will present the first module (Context of CBDRR) will take place on 9th April 2008. The course duration is 18 days, in total.
The next module will follow, and further announcement will be sent to you.

Language: English

Target Audience

Disaster management practitioners with active role in rolling out the online disaster risk management capacity building program.

Participants are expected from Indonesia, Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia and also Timor Leste and Lao PDR, with special slot will be given to DIPECHO partners organization. Other interested participants need to have approval from the Training Committee.

Please submit your expression of interest with detail profile to Ewie: silviaa@adpc.net  before 5th April 2008, with subject: CBDRR On-line Course

Should you need further information, please feel free to contact me

“This CBDRR on-line course is created and maintained by ADPC under the Partnerships for Disaster Reduction Southeast Asia (PDRSEA) project on behalf of DIPECHO-UNESCAP-ADPC. PDRSEA is a multi-phased project being implemented in Southeast Asian countries since 2001. In its fourth phase, PDRSEA aims to enhance the institutionalization of CBDRM into socio-economic development process through strengthening of national and local capacity for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in order to build up community resilience. The project activities involve strengthening and institutionalizing CBDRM through local-level pilot activities, facilitating information dissemination through existing local regional and national disaster risk management networks, enhancing ownership of CBDRM programs by developing the capacities of local authorities and promoting CBDRM through Disaster Management Practitioners Forum”