Professional Certificate
in Disaster Risk Reduction
10th - 14th May 2021, London, UK
Professional Certificate in Disaster Risk Reduction
Day One
09:00 Registration and Refreshments
09:45 Chair and Delegate’s Introductions
Chair’s look ahead to the week
Delegates’ introductions, objectives and organisational challenges
10:15 DRR concepts and terminology
Key Elements of DRR
Conceptual Frameworks
Trends in Hazards and Risks
11:30 Morning Coffee
11:45 A People-centred approach to DRR
How do people perceive and think about disaster risk?
What is the significance of culture in risk and behaviour?
12:45 Lunch
13:30 A People-centred approach to DRR Continued
14:30 Afternoon Tea
14:45 The Disaster 'cycle' and risk reduction
Mitigation
Preparedness
Response
Recovery
Cascading disasters and secondary impacts
16:15 End of Day Wrap Up and Questions
16:30 Close
Day Two
09:30 Registration and Refreshments
09:45 Chair’s Introduction and Delegates’ Recap
10:00 Climate Change and DRR
Introduction to the science of global warming
Impact of climate change - four types
Links with adaptation to climate change
11:00 Morning Coffee
11:15 Climate Change and DRR Continued
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Hazard Mitigation Measures
Structural and non-structural
Hazard mapping and zoning
Problems with moving to safety
Building codes and problems of implementation
Public awareness and culture
14:30 Afternoon Tea
14:45 Early warning systems
Different forms of warnings
Effectiveness and conditions for success
16:00 End of Day Wrap Up and Questions
16:30 Close
Day Three
09:30 Registration and Refreshments
09:45 Risk Assessment and Management
Risk categories
Risk Management
Group Exercise
10.45 Morning Coffee
11:00 Raising risk awareness
Who, what, why, how, when, where?
Awareness campaigns
Local methodologies
Media role
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Planning and Operations
International humanitarian relief system
Complex emergencies
13:45 Afternoon Tea
14:00 Monitoring and Evaluation of DRR Strategies and Disaster Management
15:15 Risk and Disaster Planning
Case Studies
16:30 End of the Day Wrap up and close
Day Four
09:30 Registration and Refreshments
09:45 Chair’s Introduction and Recap
10.00 Humanitarian Aid and Logistics
Procurement, storage, transport
Logistics of relief and supply chain management
Management techniques
Case Studies
11:00 Morning coffee
11:15 Stakeholder Management
International and national actors
Local government
NGOs and grassroots
Working with multiple stakeholders
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Chartered Management Institute Overview
Structuring a written piece of work for assessment – Generic overview and principles
Structuring these two specific pieces of work to demonstrate all the assessment criteria
14:00 Afternoon Tea
14:15 Planning for Change and Presentation Preparation
Action planning
Next steps
reparations for presentations
15:15 Close
Day Five
09:30 Registration and Refreshments
09:45 Chair’s Introduction and Recap
10.00 Gender and special needs groups in DRR
How does gender, disability, age affect the impacts of hazards
Gender, culture and risk
Mobility and risk - children, the disabled, and the elderly
11:00 Morning Coffee
11:15 Policy Frameworks
International institution in DRR
Sendai and Hyogo frameworks
Lessons from past approaches
UN agencies and integration with development and climate change
12:15 End of Week Discussion and Certificate Presentation
13.00 Lunch and Close