Community-based disaster risk management

To build capacities and competencies of government officials, humanitarian agencies and professionals on community-based disaster risk management.

This course introduces the significance, nature & scope of Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, and further delves in to understanding the essentials of preparedness planning. Further, it explores the process of capacity and vulnerability analysis, participatory planning and risk assessment tools, predictability, forecasting and early warning systems, use of Sphere standards in community based disaster preparedness, family level preparedness and relief and rescue, long term disaster mitigation & preparedness measures and asset building for the same. It also covers a community-based approach to project and programme planning for relief, recovery and resettlement.

Outcomes

The overall aim of the course is to introduce participants' to the potential scope of disaster preparedness strategy and issues around generating a locally appropriate and locally “owned” strategy for disaster preparedness and risk reduction.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

- Understand the concepts underlying CBDRM, in the context of the Disaster Management Cycle;
- Understand key elements of a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy;
- Carry out the participatory facilitation of hazard, vulnerability, capacity and risk assessment of individuals, families and communities;
- Undertake stakeholder analyses of communities and their environment;
- Plan and design effective community disaster awareness initiatives, including training and rehearsals.