Disaster and Development Course

Event: Disaster and Development Course
Venue: Indepth Research Training Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
Event Date: 23rd - 27th October 2017

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INTRODUCTION
Disasters and development are linked closely in that disasters can both destroy development initiatives and create development opportunities, and that development schemes can both increase and decrease vulnerability.
This course views responsibility in reducing disaster occurrence as a shared undertaking that goes far beyond improved disaster or emergency response. It gives explicit priority to assessing and building on household and community capabilities in at-risk communities, so that our vulnerability reduction efforts are sustainable. The course takes a developmental approach to the sustainable reduction of disaster risk, in both the individual country disaster management frameworks, as well as with respect to the priorities of the Hyogo Framework for Action.

DURATION
5 days.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Disaster managers, councilors / political leaders but is equally relevant to those concerned with all aspects of service delivery, business continuity, poverty reduction, humanitarian action and sustainable development.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
• Understanding the concept of disaster risk reduction
• Understanding of risk reduction themes
• Core concepts of adult education and development

TOPICS TO BE COVERED
MODULE 1: DISASTER RISK AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
• Prevailing global priorities and frameworks for policy, planning and developmental practice
• Legal obligations within municipal, provincial and national spheres in specific localities
• Participative, community-based social development that builds livelihoods resilience
MODULE 2: SPECIFIC RISK REDUCTION IMPLEMENTATION THEMES
• Drought, food insecurity, climate change and public health risks relevant to the changing world dynamics.
• Urban risk with a focus on informal settlement fires and floods.
• Extreme weather events in the context of climate change

MODULE 3: ADULT EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Understanding the ETD context and the roles of ETD practitioners
• Community based approaches to reducing disaster risk.
MODULE 4: ROLE OF AGENCIES IN PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT AND DISASTERRISKREDUCTION
• Role of the United Nations
• Role of NGOs, and
• Role of the affected communities

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