Presided by Dr. Bhichit
Rattakul, Executive Director a.i. and Dr.
Luis Jorge Perez-Calderon, Deputy Executive
Director, Asian Disaster Preparedness
Center, the opening ceremony of 36th
Regional Training Course on Disaster
Management was held on 5th November 2007
at the Amari Don Muang Hotel, Bangkok,
Thailand. There are 34 participants from
INGOs, Government organization, UN agencies
and Red Cross Societies who are the
representatives of 16 countries namely
People Republic of China, lao PDR ,
Myanmar, Thailand , Malaysia, Indonesia ,
Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Solomon
Islands, Sri Lanka, India , Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kenya , Germany ,
United Kingdom. After briefing a course
introduction by Dr. Peerz, course director
of DMC-36, Dr. Bhichit has welcomed the
participants and delivered the opening
remarks of DMC-36. This time, 10 delegates
from Indonesia has participated to the
course; special guests of honour from People
Republic of Indonesia, Mrs. Tanti Widyastuti
Hendratono, Minister-Counsellor
(Information) and some ADPC colleagues have
attended the opening ceremony of DMC-36.
The ceremony concluded with the
self-introduction of participant, followed by votes of thanks
from Mr. Falak Nawaz, Course Manager and
manager of Training Resource Group.
The first day of the course
was nicely ended with the welcome cocktail
reception in the evening at the Amari Don
Muang Hotel.
The aim of DMC-36 course is
to provide comprehensive disaster management
knowledge and skills to enhance the
capabilities of executive managers who have
key disaster management responsibilities.
It is designed to enable professionals
working in disaster management, development
and donor agencies to effectively integrate
disaster management into their development
programs and policies. Participants will be
encouraged to develop key skills and adopt
proactive attitudes through participation in
interactive lectures and reflection on a
range of key issues raised during
discussions and practical activities.
By completing the DMC course,
the participants will learn how to:
-
develop effective
strategies and systems for disaster
prevention, mitigation, response and
recovery
-
apply risk management
processes in order to identify, assess
and deal with disaster risk assessment
-
utilize an emergency
coordination center to manage disaster
events
-
assess key implementation
issues and requirements in disaster
management
This course consists of 4
modules and each having a focus to improve
clarity of presentation and linkages among
topics and issues of discussion. The themes
for each module are:
Module 1: Defining the
Problem
Module 2:
Preparedness Planning
Module 3:
Emergency Response
Module 4:
Making Disaster Management Work
It also encourages
participants to think creatively and
utilizes contemporary adult learning
methods, including:
The during of three weeks of
the course, participants will have not only
the opportunity of learning a comprehensive
knowledge of disaster risk reduction and
preparedness concepts but also expanding the
wider networking among the disaster
management practitioners around the world
and sharing each other the knowledge on the
practical experiences and lessons learned.
Eventhough the three week DMC course is
quite intensive, participants will be also
enjoying the night life of Pattaya and relax
on the beautiful beach of Pattaya after the
sessions on the second week.
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