FEATURES 4th ADPC Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) Course Review 22-23 May 2007, Bangkok A rich dialogue during the workshop resulted to a revised curriculum being drafted integrating the reviewer’s inputs on new/emerging CBDRM concepts, models, framework, tools, focus, experiences and best practices. The final curriculum with the enhanced modules will be integrated into the succeeding ADPC CBDRM courses. The 4th Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) Course Review was conducted from 22-23 May 2007 at the AIT Conference Center, Bangkok. The workshop participants consist of experienced practitioners from a range of regional and international organizations and selected CBDRM course alumni. read more ADPC in collaboration with ProVention Consortium announces the launch of Research and Action Grants for Disaster Risk Reduction (Third Round of Grants 2007-2008) The Research and Action Grants for Disaster Risk Reduction programme is designed to engage enthusiastic young students and professionals in developing countries in creating innovative links between research and action in disaster risk reduction. Applicants are invited to seek ways to cut across professional disciplines and to exchange knowledge and engage stakeholders from scientific and academic, civilian, public and private sectors. read more    TRAININGS  Advocacy for CBDRM: Integrating CBDRM into Government Policy and Programming 4-6 June 2007, Hue and 7-9 June 2007, Hanoi Vietnam read more>>  Community-Based Disaster Risk Management, June 11-15, 2007 Centre of Competence for Disaster Reduction, jointly with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance read more>> Regional Course on Public Health and Emergency Management in Asia and the Pacific (PHEMAP - 7) 18-29 June 2007 Asian Disaster Preparedness Center read more>> Regional Course on Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CDBRM-16) 16-27 Jul 2007 Asian Disaster Preparedness Center read more>> ADPC CALENDAR FOR TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS Download Calendar 2007 in PDF>> ADPC Website>> UN-ESCAP MEETINGS &TRAININGS COURSES UNESCAP Website>> related link: International Recovery Platform - Capacity Building Platform This site provides a list of institutions working in the field of disaster management with a specific focus on training and capacity building for disaster risk eduction. read more>>

CALENDAR NOTES PDRSEA4 Upcoming Events Strategic Planning Workshop 18-20 June 2007, Philippines Regional & International Events  January World Disaster Response Summit 23 January 2007 Atlanta, Georgia Centre for Reconstruction and Development, Equity International Inc.  February 28th Annual International Disaster Management Conference 8–11 February 2007 Orlando, USA Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Centre (EMCRC) Education without Borders – Innovative Solutions to Global Challenges 25 – 27 February 2007 Abu Dhabi, UAE An international student conference, organised by students  March Disaster Management Exhibition and Conference 19–21 March 2007 New Delhi, India Hieroa Gamos Worldwide Legal Directories  May 5th International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering 13 – 16 May Tehran, Iran International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology  June Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 5 – 7 June 2007 UN-ISDR  July AustralAsian Natural Hazards Management Conference 2007 – from warnings to response and recovery 3 – 4 July 2007 Brisbane, Australia 17th World Conference on Disaster Management 8 – 11 July 2007 Toronto, Canada The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness  August World Disaster Reduction Conference 21 – 25 August 2007 Harbin, China UNESCO / GADR / GDIN / UNISDR  October Humanitarian Development Summit 17-19 October 2007 Nairobi, Kenya  November 2nd International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction – Large Scale Disaster Management 27 – 29 November 2007 Taipei, Taiwan National Science and Technology Centre for Disaster Reduction PDRSEA Group Email Addresses: Post message: pdrsea-network@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: pdrsea-network-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: pdrsea-network-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: pdrsea-network-owner@yahoogroups.com