Training and Capacity Building Project (TCBP) is a national capacity building project for Afghanistan. It is a sub-project under the Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Program (CDRMP) being implemented by the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA). The CDRMP is being sponsored by the Afghan Emergency Trust Fund (AETF). The CDRMP consists of a number of sub-projects covering the most relevant and apparent needs in the Afghan Disaster Risk Management Sector.

The Training and Capacity Building Project (TCBP) is being implemented jointly by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) and the InWEnt - Capacity Building International, Germany. InWEnt is a semi-governmental international German organization, with its country office in Afghanistan.

The major components under the project are:

·    Establishment of a Disaster Management Training Unit at the Department of Disaster Preparedness (DDP);

·    Adaptation of seven international courses to the national context in Afghanistan and production of course materials into Dari language;

·    Training of 575 officials and staff from the member ministries of the National Commission for Emergency and Disaster Management, the UN and NGOs;

·    Development of a team of fifty national trainers, who could than provide training to other officials at the provincial, district and local levels;

ADPC's Role

The ADPC will specifically focus on the following:

·    Meet the most pressing training needs of persons (focal points) nominated by key members of the National Commission for Emergency and Disaster Management on national and on provincial levels.

·    Establish a core group of trainers in the relevant technical fields

Description of Activities

Under the overall guidance of the Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) of the Disaster Management Framework for Afghanistan (DMFA) and in close cooperation with InWEnt-TCBP and the assigned National Project Director from the Department of Disaster Preparedness (DDP), ADPC will provide the following services:

1. Jointly planning and conducting a Curriculum Development Workshop. The purpose of the curriculum development workshop will be to bring the already existing experiences and materials for each course topic together and to modify the course contents towards the conditions and needs in Afghanistan. ADPC is in charge of the curriculum development of the following courses:

·    Disaster Management Course

·    Community-based Disaster Risk Management

·    Emergency Response Management

·    Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction

·    >Flood & Drought Risk Management

·    Skills for Trainers Course

2. Preparing and conducting the above mentioned training courses. In a first round each of these courses will be conducted once. Each course will be implemented and guided by three professional ADPC trainers, respectively. In a second round four courses will be conducted again. Each course will be conducted by Afghan trainers and guided by one professional trainer from ADPC. In total 19 courses will be delivered by ADPC. The following courses will be conducted by national trainers:

·    Community-based Disaster Risk Management (3 times)

·    Emergency Response Management (4 times)

·    Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction (2 times)

·    Flood & Drought Risk Management (3 times)

3. Reviewing and modifying contents and materials of these five courses in terms of relevance and appropriateness.

Besides increasing the capacities of the trainees and their organizations, all activities have the objective to increasingly encourage Afghan participants (trainees) to act as trainers themselves and to facilitate communication and networking between the different members of the National Commission for Emergency and Disaster Management.

Duration and Timing

The activities mentioned above will be conducted during January-December 2005. Detailed timing and duration of the courses is attached at the end of this description.

Reporting and Monitoring

Each conducted training course will be monitored and evaluated by the ADPC trainer team. For each course a short evaluation report will be prepared by the training team. An end-of-assignment report will be prepared at the completion of the project. This report will outline the conducted activities, lessons learnt, conclusions and recommendations for future activities.

Expected Results

·    Training materials (incl. trainer notes and handouts) are produced and tested for all six courses;

·    The courses have been delivered;

·    Afghan Co-Trainers are identified and are able to conduct the above-mentioned courses on their own