Activity 10: Mid –term workshop
All the project partners participated in the Mid Term workshop held in Hanoi, Vietnam on 12th June 2005 to review the status and progress of the 1st year activities carried out under CASITA Phase :
to review the status and progress of curriculum development
to review the joint research activities
to comment on the distance education course and its delivery
to discuss the problems faced by each university and plan for the next year
The decisions reached at the mid term workshop were
The distance-based course will not be totally Internet based. It would be partly web based and partly interactive. ADPC would be the core agency to operate and moderate the course. The course would be further developed by ITC with inputs from ADPC and BU.
The trial run of the course on "Multi-hazard risk assessment" to be held in ITC, from 25 April to 12 May 2006.
Technical Support to be provided to the conduct of Master Programme on Disaster Management at (PGIS) in Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka
The marketing of the distance-based course will be done through the existing networks of ADPC, ITC and BU and also of the partner universities. Main lead for this activity will be ADPC
Two short courses each, one on Urban Disaster Mitigation and another one on Damage and Loss estimation, will be conducted in all four partner universities. The timing of these courses have been tentatively decided. ADPC will take the lead in conducting these courses
More emphasis has to be laid on research by Universities and production of research papers. The final output should show, at least one paper from each partner university
The Universities have to show more initiative and should me more proactive
The joint postgraduate programs in IIRS and UGM have already commenced. The other two universities have to take initiative for starting these specialized courses during the project period
The final workshop would be held in Bangkok. The core project team, and selected universities will review the outcome of the project during this workshop. ADPC will be responsible for organization of this workshop
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