26th Flagship Course on Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction

Course overview

The fundamental principle of community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) involves the development of bottom-up processes arising from the communities themselves. Development is based on the community's specific needs and its aspirations for safety, and appropriate actions to address these. The CBDRR course provides an opportunity for practitioners to learn, upgrade and share essential skills and knowledge to systematically address disaster risk reduction challenges at the community level and to facilitate the processes to reduce disaster risk of vulnerable communities.

Participants will acquire tools and knowledge on how to design and implement programs for reducing disaster risks and vulnerability leading to community capacity building to promote a culture of safety and self-reliance. The course provides an opportunity to gain hands-on experience through scenario-based simulation exercises.

The participants will have a chance to learn about globally acknowledged programs and approaches to CBDRR from leaders of these initiatives, with a particular focus on examples from South and Southeast Asia. The course also discusses the integration of disaster risk reduction plans to governmental and non-governmental development plans.

Course content

The ten-day course is structured around the following modules:

• Module 1: Context of CBDRR in a Changing Climate
• Module 2: Climate Inclusive Participatory Community Disaster Risk Assessment
• Module 3: Participatory Disaster Risk Reduction Planning
• Module 4: Climate Inclusive Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction
• Module 5: Enabling Environments for CBDRR
• Module 6: Future Knowledge Applications and conclusions

Target participants

CBDRR is a specialized course addressing to the competency and knowledge needs of operation level practitioners who are or will be involved in the design and implementation of CBDRR projects and programs in their organizations.

The course is open for participants from various sectors including local government departments, NGOs, INGOs, UN agencies, IFRC, national emergency response agencies and the private sector. Participants from policy and senior management levels of government, UN, donor organizations and INGOs are welcome if they are interested to learn about how CBDRR is operationalized.

Registration

Interested persons can apply as individuals although preference will be given to those sponsored by an organization. The application can be submitted online at www.adpc.net/tsu/sign-in.asp.