Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Mainstreaming - SLE TRAINING

Disaster Risk Management has become a key element of relief, rehabilitation, and climate change adaptation programs, as well as development policies and programs in general. The course offers a unique combination of knowledge transfer, practical exercises, field excursions and learning and sharing among the trainees coming from different parts of the world.

Course Objectives:

Participants not only know the concept, major elements and state-of-the-art technologies of disaster risk management, they also are able to assess the context in which risk management and reduction take place and how to coordinate with different stakeholders. They know how to select vulnerable systems of interest as beneficiaries of risk management programs in a disaster risk based approach, how to identify technical means of interventions in the light of their appropriateness related to different types of climate-related disasters and how to integrate risk reduction into long-term development efforts, while taking climate change aspects into account and therefore contributing to long-term resilience of communities.

Course Content:

• Risk assessment and risk mapping both in theory and practice by using a landscape model including detailed hazard analysis and vulnerability assessment.
• Means of disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness related to drought, landslide, flood and cyclone in theory and practice including sharing among participants.
• The social, economic, environmental and political context of risk management programs and how to link such programs to climate change adaptation and development.
• Different options of fostering resilience among vulnerable communities, sectors, and regions related to nature-related disasters and climate change and tools to identify essential livelihood resources.
• Ecosystem-based DRR.
• Mainstreaming DRR in humanitarian aid and development cooperation.
• Organizational development with a focus on DRR.