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Disaster Mitigation in Asia
Issue No. 14 
31 May 2004

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

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

14th World Conference on Disaster Management, 20-23 June 2004, Toronto, Canada

With the theme "The Changing Face of Disaster Management", this year’s Conference will bring together professionals in emergency response and management, disaster relief and assistance, risk management and other disciplines to answer challenges such as: What have we learned from the past? Are there better ways of doing things? Are we ready for the next big incident?

More information on the web at <http://www.wcdm.org>.

Health Risks of Disaster: Building Capacity to Respond, 22 June 2004, Washington D.C.

This workshop will examine the issues of health risks and disasters, with an emphasis on the type of health risks, capacity needs, and research needs that are necessary to adequately respond to a variety of crisis conditions. This workshop is one in a series that both examines the larger views of disasters or environmental health, and serves as a discussion to illuminate ideas.

On-line registration is available at <http://www.dels.nas.edu/dr/wkshp_reg.asp>.

or contact Patricia Kershaw <pkershaw@nas.edu>.

Twelfth Course on Community Based Disaster Risk Management, 5-16 July 2004, Manila, Philippines

Organized by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), the Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM-12) will provide an opportunity for learners to acquire tools and obtain knowledge on "how to" design and implement programs for reducing disaster risks and vulnerability and building community capacity to promote a "culture of safety". Through exercise and simulations, the participants will practice risk assessment and risk management planning.

For more information, please contact Director of Training and Education <tedadpc@adpc.net>

Online application available at <http://www.adpc.net/training/>

The Media and Climate: Building Partnerships Workshop, 26-27 July 2004, Bangkok, Thailand

An ADPC course, this workshop aims to strengthen and sustain partnerships between media and climate communities in Southeast Asia for the accurate and effective communication of the nature and implications of climate variability and change. Target participants are journalists from the print and broadcast media and representatives of national meteorological and climatological services from 10 Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries.

For more information, please contact Ms. Lolita Bildan <lolita@adpc.net>

Urban Flood Mitigation (UFM) Course, 23 August - 3 September 2004, Naga City, Philippines

Jointly organized by ADPC and the ITC Netherlands, the course will focus on urban flood mitigation issues, specifically on the impact of floods and the structural and non structural interventions available to mitigate urban impact. It aspires to integrate GIS application into the curriculum to enrich the course and to give hands-on experience to participants on application aspects. It is required that participants have prior exposure to GIS work.

For more details, contact Ms. Clarence Carlos <clarence@adpc.net>

Fourth Regional Training Course on Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction for Cities (EVRC-4), 3-9 October 2004, Jakarta, Indonesia

This course by ADPC, is particularly useful for those concerned with the reduction of vulnerability to earthquakes in urban areas. The course aims at enlightening the participants about the causes and effects of earthquakes as well as the possible strategies and approaches to reduce the damage and loss of life caused by these destructive events. The course content is outlined as follows: (i) Overview on Urbanization, Urban Hazards, Vulnerabilities, Risk and Disaster Management; (ii) Earthquake Hazard and Risk Assessment Methods; (iii) Earthquake Vulnerabilities; (iv) Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction Methods; (v) Planning for Vulnerability Reduction; and (v) Plan Implementation for Vulnerability Reduction.

For more details, contact Ms. Clarence Carlos <clarence@adpc.net>

Course brochure is also available in the website <http://www.adpc.net>.

Public Health and Emergency Management Courses ADPC partners with various health organizations to hold the following health and emergency courses:

- 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.

- Public Health Safety and Sustainable Development (Disasters and Development), 18 - 29 October 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.

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

International Training Course on Seismology, Seismic Data Analysis, Hazard Assessment and Risk Mitigation, 19 September - 24 October 2004, Potsdam, Germany

The GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) is running this annual five-week training course in the field of seismology and seismic hazard assessment. The course programme is especially designed for those working in the field of seismic hazard and risk assessment, earthquake zonation and microzonation and/or earthquake engineering and disaster management. Preference is to be given to participants from the earthquake-prone developing countries.

For further information, contact Prof.Dr.R.Wahistrom <course-un@gfz-postdam.de>.

Online application available at <http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/pb2/pb21/Kurs/applic2004.html>.

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