Disaster and Crisis Management

Overview

Recent increasing occurrence of disasters worldwide have happened at a large human cost and brought along severe socio-economic consequences for affected populations. From the original focus on natural hazards, the disaster theories have now expanded to include a broad range of human-induced disasters, like complex emergencies and crises, thus fitting the disaster and crisis management as an integral part of the humanitarian response.

The course will focus on presenting participants with a holistic approach to disaster and crisis management, focusing on pre-disaster preparedness and risk reduction, relief in the context of disaster, post disaster rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery.

 

Training methodology

The course will provide a theoretical overview of essential elements of disaster management and will give participants an opportunity, through group work and discussions, to engage in an interdisciplinary analysis of the extent and effects of disaster and learn how to develop sound management plans.

 

Who should attend?

Staff involved in emergency response and disaster management

 

Course objectives

By the end of the course the participants will:

• Gain an understanding of key concepts in disaster and crisis management and its role in the humanitarian response
• Develop an understanding of standards of humanitarian response and their relevance in specific types of disasters situations
• Understand different approaches to disaster and crises management and their applicability in different contexts
• Develop an understanding of key actors and their role in each phase of the disaster management
• Develop an understanding of the disaster management cycle
• Gain an understanding of disaster management practice as well as the ability to formulate and develop disaster management plans
• Be able to choose the appropriate activities and tools and set up priorities to build a coherent and adapted disaster management plan

 

Main topics

• Disaster risk management concepts:
  • Types of disasters
  • Hazards / vulnerability
  • Capacity
  • Disaster trends and their impact on development
  • Mitigating disaster impacts
• Disaster management phases:
  • Preparedness
  • Impact
  • Response
  • Recovery
  • Mitigation
• Early warning system for disaster management
• Role of international organizations

 

Number of participants  20

Duration  Three days

Documentation / Certification  Certificate of training by RASIL-International Humanitarian City and KDC
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