Training event
Stellenbosch
South Africa
Community Risk Assessment Short Course
Organizer(s)
Partners Enhancing Resilience for People Exposed to Risk
Stellenbosch University
Format
In person
Venue
Stellenbosch University
Date
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The training course on Community Risk Assessments focuses on South African informal settlements and on strengthening community-based risk assessment capabilities in disaster-prone informal settlements. The course gives priority to assessing household and community risks using a range of participatory methods as well as other quantitative and spatial risk-related data.
Key Content Areas
- Role of CRA in development planning/ risk reduction
- Principles, practice and ethics of CRA
- Introduction to critical data sources for assessing risk
- Capturing and mapping spatial data using GPS
- Introduction to participatory CRA methods
- Conducting a preliminary scoping exercise
- Applied CRA: Fieldwork in an informal settlement
- Effective analysis/consolidation of CRA findings
- Effective communication of CRA findings
Key Outcomes
- Demonstrated capacity to conduct a Community Risk Assessment as form of participatory action research.
- Strengthened understanding of role of community based disaster risk management in effective risk reduction and integrated development planning.
- Built capacity in core skills and knowledge areas underpinning risk assessment, application of appropriate assessment methods, collection of primary, secondary and spatial data.
- Strengthened skills in communicating risk assessment findings including community feedback, written reports and formal presentations.
- Certificate of competence awarded (NQF Level 6)
For more information
Mrs P J Zweig
Email: patriciazwig@sun.ac.za
Tel: +27 (0)21 808 9282; Fax: +27 (0)21 882 8469