Disaster Risk Reduction

“There's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.”- Stephen King, Different Seasons

Disaster preparedness – what do you need to know? Are you ready? Disasters concern all of us, in terms of people impacted and economic losses accounted. The number, scale and costs of disasters are increasing, mainly as a consequence of growing population, environmental degradation, unplanned settlements, expanding and aging infrastructure, growing assets at risk and more complex societies. The Syrian refugees’ crisis, recent earthquakes like in Nepal and terrorist attacks have shown the need for establishing feasible mechanisms, such as response protocols or facilities.

When disaster strikes, your organization looks to you for a response. At this seminar you will learn about crisis management competencies that you need to have to carry out your responsibilities calmly, professionally and effectively when a crisis hits.

Participants

CEOs of Corporate companies, Telecom Companies, Heads of Missions, Embassies and Consulates, Ministers and staff of all Government Ministries, Heads of Armed Forces, CEOs of Hospitals, Country Representatives and heads of INGOs, NGOs, Donor Organisations, Foundations, Charities

Seminar Programme

• Introduction to the World of Crisis
• Some recent disasters, like Nepal Earthquake, terrorist/cyber attacks
• Key Terms and Concepts: Hazard, Risk, Vulnerability, Crisis, Disaster, Resilience
• Disaster Relief Organizations: Multilateral (UN, World Bank, etc), Bilateral and Non Governmental (Red Cross/IFRC, Oxfam International and others)
• Disaster Management: Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery
• Global Disaster Trends and Impacts
• Relationship of Vulnerability, Capacity, and Resilience
• Fundamentals of Emergency Response Coordination
• Effective Resilience-Centered Public-Private Partnership
• Cities and Crisis
• Risk and Resilience in the Context of Cities
• Climate Change, Rapid Growth, Poor Management
• Emergency Planning for City Residents
• UNISDR´s Making Cities Resilient Campaign
• Others Governments and NGO´s in Crisis
• Crisis, Types of Crisis, and Stress Management
• Role of Emergency Management Teams
• Exercises, Training
• Effective Internal Audit Management, Key Performance Indicators
• Methods for Managing a Crisis
• Managing Your Organization´s Reputation
• Crisis Communications
• Social Media
• Crisis Media Plan

Workshop Programme:

• Definitions and basic concepts
• Disaster risk assessment
• Steps of community based disaster risk management (CBDRM)
• Participatory tools used for data and information collection on hazards, vulnerabilities, capacity analysis (HVCA)
• Analysis of data and information
• Formulating a DRR plan
• DRR monitoring and evaluation
• Stakeholder analysis and coordination with relevant organizations for DRR

Event Details:

1. Language: English
2. Dates:16 - 19 Novemeber 2015
3. Course fee: $ 1300
4. Country: Dubai, U.A.E
   (The course fee includes lunch, snacks, course material and a certificate)

About the speaker - Dr. Peter Rehwinkel

Dr. Peter Rehwinkel is one of the world's most sought after International Disaster and Crisis Management Experts. He is a former MP/Senator/Mayor, has headed several national and international delegations on disaster response and recovery and was involved with the World Bank, UN-agencies like UNOCHA, UNISDR, UNDP and UN-Habitat, USAID, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the European Commission. He recently started International Disaster and Crisis Management. IDCM has its base in Barcelona, the international hub of disaster and crisis management, and Amsterdam. Barcelona hosts the City Resilience Programme by UN-Habitat.

Author of New Book ´Manage Your Next CRISIS! A Must for Cities and Industries´: available here now:http://goo.gl/tVvtk9

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