Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa
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A centre in the university offering a masters program in disaster management. It also offers training in short courses and does cosultancy on DRR isuues.
Its mission is:
- To provide educational means for Disaster Management practitioners;
- In the holistic multi-disciplinary approach towards disaster risk management
- With a focus on disaster risk management, to become the leading research centre supplying answers to Africa's disaster and disaster risk reduction challenges
- To actively support government and the private sector with advice regarding disaster and disaster risk issues.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.