Activity 13: Marketing of distance education course

This activity is being continued beyond the project grant period. Up to date marketing of the course was done using different forums and tools such as Regional meetings, Regional courses, Newsletters, electronic newsletters etc. The course curriculum was presented to the 6^th ADPC Regional Consultative Committee Meeting participants (Disaster Management focal points of 18 Asian countries) held in China in November 2006.The CASITA final workshop was used to market the course among the universities involved in the CASITA phase I. ADPC has provided details on the newly developed course in the electronic newsletter and its quarterly publication of Asian Disaster Management News. Also it has been included as an activity in the new proposals submitted for funding by technical partners, ADPC and ITC. As a result the course will be conducted in March 2007 by ADPC and ITC jointly for five project target countries under the Program for Hydro-meteorological disaster management for secondary cities (PROMISE) funded by USAID/OFDA.