Introduction

There is no doubt that disasters in the recent past have become a major global concern and challenge. Increasing disasters are attributed to a number of factors, mainly of human origin, such as environmental degradation; rapid population increase with subsequent exponential expansion of urban centres and other related factors; all these leading to increased population vulnerabilities.

The trends of disasters are worrying in their nature, frequency and severity. It is upon this premise that plans such as Hyogo Framework of Action (2005) and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015) were developed as a way of having collective and coordinated efforts to deal with the aforementioned challenges. Thus, development partners, governments and practitioners have rightly highlighted the need to prioritize mainstreaming DRR/CCA in their development and humanitarian interventions. To address the capacity need for DRR and CCA in the development and humanitarian sector, we have planned a five-day training aimed at program planners, decision-makers and implementers. This will contribute towards the achievement of SDG 13 (Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts).

Course Objectives

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 for DRR & CCA.

Language of instruction

English

Target Group

Development and humanitarian actors including project managers, officers and assistants.

Training methodology

An appropriate combination of various adult-learning facilitation paradigms will be used including exploratory learning, group discussions, plenary brainstorming, frontal lectures, case studies and video documentaries among others.

Training Cost

The training cost is US$ 600 and it covers the tuition fees, learning materials, certification, meals and refreshments at the training venue. Further information will be provided upon inquiry.

Accommodation

Accommodation will be arranged upon request by applicants. However, the charges will be borne by the individual participant.

Training dates

Please check the Onsite Courses page in our website www.iphdcinternational.org for the actual dates.

Application process

Applicants should complete the Course Application Form and send the duly filled scanned copy of the form to training@iphdcinternational.org.

Tailor-made training option

We can provide your organization a tailor-made training with similar content but addressing your specific capacity needs. In case you want to explore this option, you can contact us to share with you a proposal for that training.

Download: DRR-CCA – Course Brochure