Bangkok
Thailand

43rd regional training course on disaster management

Organizer(s) Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Date
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Course objectives:

By completing the course, participants should gain a sound grasp of disaster management processes and be able to apply this knowledge to:

  • Identify and assess disaster risks using risk management approached
  • Plan and develop effective strategies and systems for disaster risk reduction
  • Develop effective processes for preparedness planning in order to improve disaster response and recovery activities
  • Effectively and efficiently set up and utilize an emergency coordination center to manage disaster events
  • Address and assess key implementation issues and requirements in disaster management

Course contents:

Conducted over a period of three weeks, the course is divided into eight modules following the flow of the disaster management process:

Module 1: Introduction to Disaster Management

  • Global disaster risk situation
  • Basic concepts and terminologies used in disaster management
  • Overview of disaster management

Module 2: Disaster Risk Identification and Assessment

  • Introduction to disaster risk management processes
  • Introduction to hazards, vulnerability, and capacity
  • Hazard, vulnerability, capacity and risk assessment

Module 3: Disaster Risk Reduction

  • Disaster and development
  • Prevention and Mitigation framework
  • Mainstreaming DRR in development planning
  • Disaster risk reduction practices

Module 4: Disaster Preparedness Planning

  • Overview of preparedness planning processes and concepts
  • Preparedness planning processes in key areas such as:
  1.   Setting up a preparedness planning committee
  2.   Achieving agreement on preparedness arrangements
  3.   Documenting preparedness arrangements
  4.   Conducting preparedness training
  5.   Testing preparedness arrangements

 

Module 5: Emergency Response

  • Emergency response management principles and concepts
  • Key response implementation considerations
  • Use of emergency coordination centers
  • ICT in emergency responses and management

Module 6: Disaster Recovery

  • Disaster recovery and reconstruction: concepts, practice and guidelines
  • Damage and loss estimation in recovery planning

Module 7: Making Disaster Management Work

  • Cross-cutting considerations
  • Working with multi-agency teams
  • Policy, legal and institutional frameworks
  • Public communication
  • Media in disaster management

Module 8: Re-entering the Real World: Making a Difference

  • Development of personal action plans

 

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