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Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Mainstreaming - ONLINE SLE TRAINING
Dates: April 24-28, 2023; 9.30 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. CEST (Central European Summer Time)
Benefits:
The aim of the training course is to increase your knowledge and skills on how to assess and to reduce disaster and climate risks for projects, plans, and policies. By the end of the training course, you will be able to critically analyse risk scenarios and to develop and apply appropriate risk reduction measures.
The specific objectives of the training course are therefore as follows:
- To increase your understanding of disaster and climate risk concepts and their context
- To enhance awareness of risk assessment processes and tools for planned and existing projects, plans, and policies
- To increase your understanding of risk reduction and adaptation measures and integration into projects
Key topics:
- Risk assessment and risk mapping
- Means of disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness, and adaptation to climate change related to natural hazards, such as drought, landslide, flood and cyclone
- The social, economic, environmental and political context of climate adaptation and disaster risk management programs
- Different options of fostering resilience among vulnerable communities, sectors, and regions related to nature-related disasters and climate change
- Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR)
- Mainstreaming DRR and adaptation in humanitarian aid and development cooperation
- Organizational development with a focus on adaptation and DRR
Course Methods
The training is based on the Harvard Case Method, which supports adult learning from experience: Introduction to the topic – Group exercise with a given case – Presentation of results – Reflection on relevance to participants’ needs and future applications. This method is complemented by interactive exercises which integrate emotions and movement into sustainable learning processes and expert presentations.
Tuition fee: 1.100,- €
This includes:
- 5-days live online training course
- Course documentation and learning materials
- Certificate of participation issued by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Target Group
The training is designed for professionals working in international cooperation, policy advice, project formulation, or related areas. Ideally, participants already have first plans or ideas to use course content within their working context. Good command of English is mandatory.
SLE TRAINING in general: Our participants come from all around the globe: they include staff from development agencies, national and international NGOs, public institutions, university students and researchers as well as professionals from the private sector. This unique mix of different cultural backgrounds and professions enables a transdisciplinary exchange of experiences within an intercultural learning environment. All training courses are offered in English and participants are required to have a good command of the language.
Trainer
Gregory Pearn is an experienced disaster risk management training facilitator and consultant, who is passionate about the topic and its application in different contexts. He has worked as a consultant in numerous projects focusing on institutional frameworks and capacity development for disaster risk management, particularly in Asian countries. As a training facilitator, Gregory’s approach is objective-oriented, participatory, and with a focus on applying new knowledge and skills in the post-training working environment.
What does live online training mean?
Our online trainings are not pre-recorded training videos, webinars for large audiences or self-paced e-learning courses. They are virtual live trainings delivered by our trainers in real-time, focusing on the interaction of a small group of remote participants. Just like our face-to-face trainings, these virtual classrooms aim at tailoring the discussions and learning experiences to the training needs of the participants.
Requirements: to attend our live online trainings, a reliable high-speed internet connection and a computer or laptop running Windows or iOS are required (including audio and video). The Humboldt-Universität of Berlin uses the videoconferencing platform Zoom for virtual classrooms. We strongly recommend an external headset for better sound quality.
Organizer
The Centre for Rural Development (SLE) belongs to the Albrecht Daniel Thaer Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture Sciences, a department of the Humboldt-University of Berlin. As a postgraduate study program, the SLE prepares young professionals for work in the field of international development cooperation, connecting science and practice. Alongside SLE STUDIES, the SLE further engages in development cooperation through its other departments: SLE TRAINING, SLE RESEARCH and SLE ADVISORY SERVICES.
Further information on SLE TRAINING can be found on our website: www.sle-berlin.de/en/training
Specific information on the offered course can be found on this website: https://www.sle-berlin.de/en/training/sle-training-courses/2023-online-course-disaster-risk-management-and-climate-change-adaptation-mainstreaming
The administration of the training courses conducted by SLE TRAINING is managed by the Humboldt-Innovation GmbH (HI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. HI will be your contract partner. HI uses the subcontractor Mr. Andreas Bothe, operating under the name of eveeno (Federal Republic of Germany), to handle the participant management, booking and billing.
Please be aware of the deadlines and fees for cancellation according to the General Terms and Conditions: www.sle-berlin.de/training/faq-more/general-terms-and-conditions
Should participation be impossible due to overcrowding, you can be added to the waiting list if desired. In that case or if you have any further questions, please write to sletraining@hu-berlin.de and we will get back to you as soon as possible.