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>>

KNOWLEDGE CORNER Bullet Point Information of Technical Interest to Community Tools for Community Coastal Resilience using GIS Techniques These tools were developed under the Project on Coastal Risk Analysis of Tsunamis and Environmental Remediation (CRATER), the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea has been implementing the project in collaboration with the Disaster Management Systems team, in Kamala beach, Phuket province, and Khao Lak, Phangnga province. The CRATER project approach involves analysis of risks arising from the tsunami impacts in coastal areas. The final workshops were on 30 April 2007 in Phuket, and from 2 to 3 May 2007 in Bangkok.   Manual of Risk Assessment and Evaluation Under the CRATER project, this manual focuses on creating Tsunami vulnerability and risk maps of a given study area, as results of detailed risk analysis of the territory. Vulnerability and risk maps are very useful instruments for a lot of different end-users, like local administration and authorities, disaster planners, insurance companies. Different stakeholders can start from these maps for facing any future Tsunami emergency, but also for reducing potential damages and losses through logical and sustainable urban planning, application of Integrated Coastal Zone Management guidelines and mitigation measures adoption. download>> ArcGIS® program Manual,Tutorial CD   Manual of Evacuation Routes Tool The main objective of this manual is to elaborate a technique using GIS tools to optimize evacuation plans and identify the best choice for their implementation. A model performing minor cost path calculation to reach an assembly point was created giving the population an instrument to find the shortest (not simply in terms of physical distance) and safer evacuation route.Assembly points were analyzed by calculating the maximum necessary time to reach them. A new ArcGIS® toolbox has been released with the aim of driving urban planners in applying these techniques to their interest areas. download>> ArcGIS® program Manual,Tutorial CD   Success Factors of CBDRM Micro-finance Programs Today, disaster risk finance is rarely addressed before a disaster occurs. There is a need to engage financial services at the community level to make disaster risk finance more available. Education/Awareness: Attitudes and incentives must be put in place Governance: Legal and regulatory frameworks must be established Partnership: Clearly defi ned partner roles must be developed Marketplace: Sustainable products that microfinance clients demand must be offered Source: Fourth Practitioners’ Workshop Session 1 on Financial Services to Support Community Initiatives for Disaster Reduction (Experiences from the Philippines, Bangladesh and Vietnam) 2005 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