Training: Building Resilience through Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

IPHDC is a training and consulting firm that seeks to empower humanitarian and development actors to deliver desired results in their work. We are committed to the empowerment of individuals and organizations through provision of professional consultancy services together with standard and tailor-made trainings. Our services are provided by a team of experienced professionals including researchers, public health experts, gender experts, development experts, management and institutional development experts and a core group of IPHDC staff who provide technical and administrative support. Our consultants have a wealth of experience in their respective areas of work and have obtained their education from internationally reputed institutions.

Course objective

To equip learners with skills and improve their understanding of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (DRR & CCA) concepts with an aim to improve quality of DRR & CCA programming so that development actions can ultimately lead to increased communities resilience to common hazards such as droughts, floods etc.

Course content

• Definitions of concepts and key terminologies in DRR&CCA.
• Overview of DRR & CCA in relation to humanitarian and development actions.
• Climate change science.
• Understanding disasters.
• Frameworks of DRR & CCA.
• Mainstreaming DRR & CCA in key development and humanitarian sectors.
• Monitoring and Evaluation of DRR & CCA.

Training methodology

The training will use exploratory learning, small group discussions, plenary brainstorming, facilitator’s input, case studies and video documentaries.

Training cost

The training cost is US$ 600 which will cover the tuition fees, learning materials, certification, lunch and refreshments during the training sessions.