WBI distance learning program on natural disaster risk management

The World Bank Institute’s (WBI) Global Distance Learning Programme on Natural Disaster Risk Management is a series of online courses designed to develop a broader understanding of natural disaster risk management among local government decision makers, policy makers, city managers, administrators, and planners, disaster management practitioners and responders as well as enhance the effectiveness of disaster risk management practices at the local and community levels. For its delivery in the Philippines, WBI has partnered with EMI in collaboration with the Office of Civil Defense of the National Disaster Coordinating Council. 

Objective
The objective of the Natural Disaster Risk Management Programme (NDRMP) is to promote proactive disaster risk management practices by raising awareness among key stakeholders and by advancing the analytical skills and professional knowledge of development practitioners in specific areas of disaster risk management. 

Available courses
1. Comprehensive Natural Disaster Risk Management Framework
2. Community-based Disaster Risk Management
3. Safe Cities
4. Damage and Reconstruction Needs Assessment
5. Financial Strategies for Managing the Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters
6. Earthquake Risk Reduction
7. Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management
8. Land Use Planning for Urban Risk Reduction.