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Special Courses
A Study Course on Disaster Management and Social
Relief in Thailand and a Study Tour on Disaster
Management in Sri Lanka for the Officials of the
Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau, China (24th June –
4th July 2002):
20 officials of the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau
(BCAB) attended ADPC’s study course on Disaster
Management and Social Relief between 24th and
28th June 2002 in Thailand. After the course,
the participants went to Sri Lanka — one of the
ADPC’s program countries for a study tour
between 1st and 4th July.
Based on comments and requests from the Chinese
participants who attended the courses, ADPC paid
much attention to further improve the Chinese
course for the officials of BCAB. Previous to
the course, Mr. Robin Willison, Director of
Technical Services and Ms. Lingling Jiang,
Program Coordinator of Technical Services
visited the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau when
they attended the China National Stakeholders
Consultation Meeting on Cooperative Project for
Combating Sand and Dust Storms in Northeast Asia
in May in Beijing. At that time they had
detailed discussions about the course
arrangements with relevant officials of BCAB. In
addition, ADPC’s Training team designed the
Training Needs Assessment Questionnaire and sent
it to BCAB before the course in order to assess
participants’ needs for course content. This was
the first time for ADPC to design such a
questionnaire for the Chinese participants.
The Sri Lankan people have recognized that it is
very important to focus on disaster preparedness
and mitigation by implementation of the SLUMDMP.
This impressed the Chinese officials deeply.
They expressed that they learned a lot from the
experiences of Sri Lanka. In addition, the
Chinese officials expressed their appreciation
to the Sri Lankan team under the leadership of
Mr. Lionel Hewawasam, Deputy Director of CHPB
and the supervision of the Director, CHPB, Mrs.
Geethi Karunaratne, who kindly assisted and
guided the delegation during the study tour in
Sri Lanka.
Special Course on Disaster Management and Social
Relief for Chinese Civil Affairs Officials of Shaanxi Province and the Ministry of Civil
Affairs (17 - 20 December 2001):
On 17 December 2001, the fourth special course
on Disaster Management for Chinese Civil
Officials in year 2001 was opened. Nineteen
officials from Shaanxi Province and two
officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs
China attended the course which lasted four days
up to 20 December 2001.
Based on the feedback from the previous courses,
improvement was made in the curriculum to better
meet the learning needs. Basic knowledge on
disaster management such as the disaster
management cycle, risk assessment, preparation
and mitigation of disasters was given in sound
presentation. As drought has been the most
serious disaster in Shaanxi Province, a session
on drought management was conducted. A session
on "Minimum Standards in Emergency Response" was
also systematically organized and delivered.
Furthermore, an interactive lecture on Social
Relief in Thailand was made by senior expert,
Mrs. Poonsuk Cotigavanit, Deputy Director of
Department of Public Welfare, Ministry of Labour
and Social Welfare. She introduced the concepts
and principles of social relief and how they are
being implemented in this country. A field trip
to the Center for Care of Senior Citizens in
Bangkok was arranged as part of the exposition
on Social Relief. This was the first time such
trip was undertaken.
The course was successfully conducted although
some unexpected logistics inconvenience
occurred. In the closing ceremony Mr. Wang
Zhikun extended his sincere thanks on behalf of
all the delegates for ADPC's great efforts in
guaranteeing the success of the course in spite
of logistics difficulties. Dr. Suvit also
thanked the delegates for their understanding
and active participation. Both sides expressed
agreement to continue the cooperation.
Disaster Management Course for Civil Affairs
Officials of Beijing (21-27 August 2001)
From 21-27 August, a delegation comprised of 20
Beijing Civil Affairs Officials led by Mr. Guo
Bo-xiang, Deputy Director of Beijing
Organization of Receiving Donation, attended a
training course on disaster management at ADPC.
It was the third course ADPC conducted for China
this year and also the third for Beijing Bureau
of Civil Affairs during the past two years.
The course was designed to enhance the knowledge
and skills of participants on pre, during, and
post disaster-phase-management strategies and
activities. Topics like risk assessment,
mitigation, preparedness, warning system, public
awareness, damage assessment and needs analysis
and relief and recovery were discussed during
the five days of course. A number of teaching
methods such as interactive lecture, workshops,
group discussion and individual presentations
were used. The participants found the training
methodology very effective and interesting.
The following topics are included in the course.
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Examine various models on disaster risk
management.
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Design and conduct community based disaster
risk assessment.
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Identify measures for hazard and
vulnerability reduction and community
capacity building.
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Prepare a risk reduction plan and how to
integrate it in development activities.
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Analyse problems in the implementation of
community based risk reduction plans.
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Describe areas of professional development
to become a good CBDRM practitioner.
Community Based Psychological Support (CBPS):
ADPC has initiated the regional training course
on Community Based Psychological Support (CBPS)
in 2005 in partnership with the University of
South Dakota Disaster Mental Health Institute (DMHI).
CBPS aims to provide mental health professionals
the skills and understanding to begin to
develop, implement, supervise, and manage
psychological support programs in preparation
for and in response to disaster. The course will
focus on the impact of stress in disasters and
the components and assessment of psychological
support. Practical models of implementation,
disaster mental health strategies and
interventions, and the management of
psychological support programs will be discussed
in the course.
For more information on the course please
contact the Training Resource Group Leader at:
tedadpc@adpc.net
Exercise Management (EXMAN):
Exercise Management provides emergency and
disaster management organizations with tools and
a process to evaluate the status and validity of
their plans, organizational relationships,
capabilities and strategies in managing
emergencies and disasters. It will also assist
participants to develop the skills to design,
manage and evaluate activities that exercise the
elements of emergency management.
The participants will learn about:
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Appropriate exercise management for given
situations to meet stated outcomes.
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Identify resources necessary to conduct
exercises.
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Methods to evaluate the results of an
exercise Actions, processes, deficiencies
and needs requiring documentation.
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Adopting and using the exercise management
process in specific environments.
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Suggestions for marketing exercises to
agencies and key individuals.
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Suggestions as to how exercise outcomes may
be applied.
Skills for Effective Trainers (SET):
Skills for Effective Trainers provides the
participants with training methodologies and
specific personal skills that will assist them
in developing and delivering effective training.
The course is designed to enable the
participants, specifically those working in
research, teaching, management, development and
donor agencies, to effectively develop, present
and manage training programs.
The participants will learn about:
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Determine instructional approaches.
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Guide development for training.
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Develop interactive training components.
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Develop teaching styles and methods.
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Use training aids effectively .
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Specify critical elements of training to be
tested.
For more information on these courses please
contact to:
Training
Resources Group
Asian
Disaster Preparedness Center
SM
Tower, 24th Floor
979/69 Paholyothin Road, Samsen Nai
Phayathai, Bangkok 10400
Thailand
Tel :
(66-2) 298 0681 to 92
Fax : (66-2) 298 0012 to 13
Email: benjaporn@adpc.net
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