Last updated: 31 October, 2008    

Disaster Mitigation in Asia
Issue No. 11 
29 February 2004

A. From the Globe
B. Calls for Submission 
C. Conferences & Courses
D. Useful Resources

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Public Health and Emergency Management Courses

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) partners with various health organizations to hold the following health and emergency courses:

- The Fourth Inter-regional Training Course on Public Health and Emergency Management in Asia and the Pacific (PHEMAP-4), 19-30 April 2004, Bangkok, Thailand
This course is designed to help strengthen the national capacity in public health and emergency management by focusing on policy development issues relevant to the Asia and the Pacific regions. Coverage of the course modules include, among others, context of emergencies, risk and damage assessment and analysis, and public health in emergencies.

- Disasters and Development (with focus on health) Training Program, 31 May - 11 June 2004, Bangkok, Thailand
In collaboration with the Southeast Asia Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), this course is intended to enhance the participants' capacity to design and implement disaster reduction programs, with special emphasis on the health sector. The curriculum covers a broad range of subjects, including sustainable development, information management, complex disasters, mobilization of resources and others, yet with special emphasis on the health sector.

- Public Health in Complex Emergencies (PHCE) Training Program, 26 July - 7 August 2004, Bangkok, Thailand
This course will focus on the critical public health issues faced by government, non-government and private organizations working in complex emergencies. The course aims to enhance the capacity of humanitarian assistance workers and their organizations to respond to the health needs of refugees and internally displaced persons affected by these emergencies. Participants will master the key competencies in all of the following sectors: context of emergencies, epidemiology, communicable diseases, environmental health nutrition, reproductive health, weapons, violence and trauma, protection and security, psychosocial issues and coordination.

- Second International Course on Hospital Emergency Preparedness (HEmP-2), 27 September -1 October 2004, Bangkok, Thailand
The HEmP course is designed to assist health service providers, both administrative and medical, to prepare the facility and themselves effectively in a coordinated manner to respond to emergencies that will involve large numbers of casualties. This will assist the hospital and health facilities in general to develop well designed hospital specific plans to increase the ability to respond to emergencies.

For more information on these courses, please contact Ms. Janette Ugsang <janette@adpc.net>

Southeast Asian Disaster Management Practitioners' Workshop, 26-29 April 2004, Bangkok, Thailand

Organized by ADPC, the workshop will discuss disaster risk management issues, concerns and practices common to all Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries. Under the theme "Institutionalizing Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) in government policy making, planning and program activities", the workshop aims, among others, to: promote knowledge building on community-based disaster risk management in the region; learn lessons from sharing amongst ASEAN countries as well as from the global disaster risk management practices on community-based programming; foster and strengthen connections among practitioners and organizations; and publish and disseminate written materials on community-based disaster risk management useful to the end users within and outside the ASEAN region.

For more details, please contact Ms. Imelda Abaraquez <iabarquez@adpc.net>

Second International Conference on Post-Disaster Reconstruction, 22-23 April 2004, Coventry, England

This conference, a follow up to an earlier meeting, will develop the core themes of a multi-disciplinary planning approach that can be applied to the development process to help improve the sustainability and resilience of urban communities. It will provide a forum for presentations from researchers, academics, and practitioners developing a framework to improve the resilience of communities.

Conference detail can be viewed at <http://www.coventry.ac.uk/cms/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=786>.

The 1st International CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) Science Conference, 21-25 June 2004, Baltimore, Maryland

This conference will focus on CLIVAR's successes and future challenges including consideration of the broader climate research environment and how best to contribute the knowledge, products, and information brought about by CLIVAR to those who could best use it in decision and policy making.

For registration information and further details, please visit <http://www.clivar2004.org/>.

Disasters and Society: From Hazard Assessment to Risk Reduction, 26-27 July 2004, Karlsruhe, Germany

This conference will provide a forum to present and discuss research results in the following areas: understanding and modeling hazards, hazard and risk assessment, forecasting and early warning, information and communication, disaster management, and risk reduction in industrialized societies.

For further information, visit <http://www.disasterandsociety.uni-karlsruhe.de/>.

Gender Equality and Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop, 10-12 August 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii

This will be an action-oriented meeting for women and men working toward gender equity in all dimensions of disaster risk and response. This international meeting of practitioners, policy makers, planners, academics, activists and community members will focus on practical and feasible strategies for gendering the risk reduction agenda.

For further information, visit <http://www.ssri.hawaii.edu/research/GDWwebsite/index.html> or email <genderdisaster@yahoo.com>.

Mitigating Volcanic Crises: Practical Solutions for the 21st Century, August 31 - September 2, 2004, London, England

This three-day conference will address practical strategies for responding to volcanic crises. Sessions will combine scientific, social and management criteria to identify new methods for making short-term forecasts of eruptions and of types of volcanic hazards, communicating the hazard to non-specialists, and designing appropriate response plans, from defense measures to evacuation.

For further information, visit <http://www.benfieldhrc.org/SiteRoot/activities/events/ chris_2004.htm>.

Conference on Wood-Frame Housing Durability and Disaster Issues, 4-6 October 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

This conference will feature an international slate of speakers - including researchers, material and equipment suppliers, manufacturers, and end-users. Information transfer via technical and poster presentations, discussions, and tabletop exhibits will focus on the existing and new construction issues that affect durability/disaster; improving durability against biological and non-biological degradation; mitigation of damage from earthquakes, fire, wind, floods; and others.

For online application, visit <http://www.forestprod.org/durability04info.html>.

Next Page