Community managed disaster risk reduction (CMDRR) and climate change (training course)

Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction(CMDRR) and Climate Change Building capacity to mitigate impacts of hazards and climate change

Aim

To provide Field facilitators and other senior managers with skills, concepts and guidelines to train, and deal with emerging disasters and hazards (including climate change) that may affect the outputs of their projects.

Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand and apply the principles and practices of CMDRR and climate change
- Understand the relationship between disaster and development, and the solution to hazards, and why climate change is a disaster.
- Explain the importance of management interventions and strategies in CMDRR.
- Undertake monitoring, evaluation and action planning for CMDRR projects.
- To identify and analyse different types of hazards and examine community managed approaches to reduce disaster risks
- Facilitate the process of participatory risk analysis and assess the impact of major hazards like drought, floods, disease epidemics, conflict, HIV/ AIDS and other common hazards.

Topics

- Concepts, principles and practices of CMDRR
- Facilitating CMDRR: Methods and process
- Sustaining CMDRR
- CMDRR, to manage climate change
- Action planning in CMDRR and climate change
- Designing CMDRR and climate change projects
- Monitoring CMDRR and climate change programmes
- Climate change as a CMDRR programme

Method

Experiential learning, action - oriented learning, creativity and participatory approaches will be emphasized throughout the course to help and encourage active participation, share practical experiences and practice real issues within the organizations in a fun way. Field practicum to be undertaken.