Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) On-line Course

April 9 - 26





INTRODUCTION



Description



ADPC has been organizing CBDRR Regional Training program annually. This
year, ADPC through its project called: PDRSEA (Partnership for Disaster
Reduction - South East Asia) phase 4 is trying to launch an online course
on
CBDRR. This initiative was raised due to the fact that Disaster Management
Practitioners most of the time is busy with task at the field.

Having the course online will help the practitioners to keep working on
their duty place, and at the same time learning and sharing the experience
of CBDRR.



Objective



The objective of this course is to build up capacity of DM practitioners,
and also to share and learn their experiences in CBDRR.



In addition to that, by the end of the course, the participants will be
expected to be able to:

- Examine various models of Disaster Risk Management

- Design and conduct CBDRR Assessment

- Identify measures for hazard & vulnerability reduction & community
capacity building



Agenda



This CBDRR online course is a four-module course.



The pilot test which will present the first module (Context of CBDRR) will
take place on 9th April 2008. The course duration is 18 days, in total.

The next module will follow, and further announcement will be sent to you.



Language: English





Target Audience



Disaster management practitioners with active role in rolling out the
online
disaster risk management capacity building program.

Participants are expected from Indonesia, Philippines, Viet Nam, Cambodia
and also Timor Leste and Lao PDR, with special slot will be given to
DIPECHO
partners organization. Other interested participants need to have approval
from the Training Committee.



Please submit your expression of interest with detail profile to Ewie:
silviaa@adpc.net before 5th April 2008, with subject: CBDRR On-line Course



Should you need further information, please feel free to contact me





"This CBDRR on-line course is created and maintained by ADPC under the
Partnerships for Disaster Reduction Southeast Asia (PDRSEA) project on
behalf of DIPECHO-UNESCAP-ADPC. PDRSEA is a multi-phased project being
implemented in Southeast Asian countries since 2001. In its fourth phase,
PDRSEA aims to enhance the institutionalization of CBDRM into
socio-economic
development process through strengthening of national and local capacity
for
the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in order to
build
up community resilience. The project activities involve strengthening and
institutionalizing CBDRM through local-level pilot activities, facilitating
information dissemination through existing local regional and national
disaster risk management networks, enhancing ownership of CBDRM programs by
developing the capacities of local authorities and promoting CBDRM through
Disaster Management Practitioners Forum"