The Asia Pacific region faces heavy human and economic losses from disasters, whose frequency and intensity is increasing drastically in recent years. The evidence from the Indonesian Tsunami, Kashmir and China earthquakes, Cyclone Nargis, Afghanistan blizzard, and other events happening in the region and around the world undoubtedly reflect the level of devastation that disasters can bring.
To reduce the impact of disastrous events on communities and support development sustainability, the DMC course aims to provide comprehensive disaster management knowledge and skills to enhance the capabilities of managers who have key disaster management responsibilities. The course is designed to enable professionals working in disaster management, development and donor agencies to effectively integrate disaster management into their programs and policies. Participants will be encouraged to develop key skills and adopt proactive attitudes through participation in interactive lectures and reflection on a range of key issues raised during discussions and practical activities.

The goal of the course is 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 key competencies in all of the following sectors:

• Context of Emergencies
• Reproductive Health
• Epidemiology Weapons
• Violence and Trauma
• Communicable Disease
• Protection and Security
• Environmental Health
• Psychosocial Issues
• Nutrition Coordination

• NGO/PVO staff who are responsible now (or may be in the near future) for making decisions that affect the health of refugees and internally displaced persons.
• District medical officers and other Ministry of Health staff working in regions affected by complex emergencies.
• Staff from international and governmental organizations instrumental in planning services for people affected by complex emergencies.

Medical Coordinators, Health Coordinators, Program Managers and District Medical Officers from international and national health organizations are typical candidates for the course.

Ms. Janette Lauza-Ugsang
Project Manager Public Health in Emergencies (PHE) Asian Disaster Preparedness CenterP.O. Box 4 Klong Luang, Pathumthani12120 Thailand
Tel: +66 (0)2 516 59 00 ext 351
Fax: +66 (0)2 524 53 60, 524 5350, 524 5382
Email: janette@adpc.net
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Communities are at the frontline of disasters. Over the last two decades it has become apparent that top-down approaches to disaster risk management alone fail to address the specific local needs of vulnerable communities, often ignoring the local capacities and resources. At times this approach further increases the vulnerability of the community. In response to the limitations of this top-down methodology, the community-based disaster management emerged as an alternative approach, during the decades of 1980s and 1990s.

Community based disaster risk management is a specific focus under the Partnerships for Disaster Reduction in Southeast Asia (PDRSEA), a project being implemented in seven Southeast Asian countries since 2001 with financial support from DIPECHO. The program has focused on developing technical capacity of professionals through designing and conducting various training courses, facilitating sharing of experiences, across countries and organizations through newsletters, websites and email list serves. The program has provided support to national networks and led efforts towards regional networking. Practical tools for practitioners have been developed to support community action; e.g. the CBDRM Field Practitioners Handbook. Recently the focus of program has been on Institutionalizing Community Based Disaster Risk Management in the government policy, planning an implementation. In this regard the program is working closely with the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) and National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs) and practitioners.

Mr. Falak Nawaz
Tel: +66 (0)2 298 0681 92
Fax: +66 (0)2 298 0012 13
Email: tedadpc@adpc.net
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Objectives:
This course is designed to enable practitioners to operate efficiently during an incident or event within the Incident Command System (ICS). This course focuses on the management of single resources. The objectives of the ICS course is to provide participants with the in-depth knowledge on Incident Command System, describe the ICS organization appropriate to the complexity of the incident or event and use ICS to manage an incident or event efficiently.

Course Approach and Ccontent:
The proposed training will offer course work, hands on training with series of table top simulation exercises, lessons learned, good practices and field visit. The course consists of the following subjects:
Module 1. Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS)
Module 2. Leadership and Management- (describe chain of command, responsibilities and formal communication relationships, span of control and modular development)
Module 3. Delegation of Authority and Management by Objectives
Module 4. Functional Areas and Positions (describe the functions of organizational positions within the ICS, tools needed to manage an incident)
Module 5. Briefings (describe components of field, staff, and section briefings/meetings, give an operational period briefing)
Module 6. Organizational Flexibility (explain how the modular organization expands and contracts, complexity analysis, five types of incidents)
Module 7. Transfer of Command (describe the process of transfer of command, list the essential elements of information involved in transfer of command) The course will also share standard templates, forms, and check list

Mr. Falak Nawaz
Training Resource Group
Tel: +66 (0)2 298 0681 92
Fax: +66 (0)2 298 0012 13
Email: tsu@adpc.net
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Are you interested in learning how to protect the nutrition of populations affected by humanitarian disasters? Do you want to develop the skills to deliver the wide range of interventions needed to prevent and treat malnutrition in emergencies?

Our courses have been designed to help you develop practical expertise in emergency nutrition responses and post-emergency recovery. Each course includes modules on the causes and types of malnutrition as well as the main approaches employed to prevent and treat malnutrition:
• Rapid assessments, nutrition surveys and surveillance
• Therapeutic and supplementary feeding
• Infant and young child feeding in emergencies
• General food distributions
• Micronutrient assessment and intervention

Email: coordinator@nietraining.net
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