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National Institute of Disaster Management New Delhi and World Bank Institute Washington are offering an On-Line Training Course on Comprehensive Disaster Management Framework to development practitioners, central, state and local government officials, NGO representatives, community leaders and others interested in the challenges and issues related to disaster risk reduction and management. Course Overview This course addresses basic questions such as “why are disasters a development issue?” and “what are the components of comprehensive disaster risk management?” The course reviews the institutional arrangements and financing mechanisms of disaster management systems, and identifies the role of national and local actors in the processes related to risk assessment, mitigation and financing. This course targets general development practitioners to raise their awareness and sensitivity in prevention of natural disasters, and consists of three modules and End of Course Exercise. Language The language of the course is English. Course Format The course consists of self-paced modules, discussion forums, exercises, readings, case studies, tests and learning via interaction with program faculty and peers. Moreover, for each module there are 2 to 3 audio sessions of expert lectures for 40–45 minutes each. The Course materials shall be provided in a CD to each participant. Course Expectations Participants are expected to commit 8–10 hours per week (per module) in order to gain the most out of this course in addition to: · Complete the required reading assignments · Participate in all online activities. Participation involves posting a minimum of two messages per week that are substantive in nature. The message can be either a new topic or a reply to someone else's message. Participants are encouraged to post more often than twice a week in order to be involved more deeply into topics. · Participate in videoconferencing and asynchronous chat sessions (if applicable) · Complete assignments and end of course project Certificate Joint certificate from NIDM and WBI shall be issued to all successful participants of the course. The successful participants shall also be eligible for specialized courses which shall be launched in January 2007. System Requirements of the Course Participants must have access to computers with the following specifications: · Hardware: Pentium 166 or faster, 64Mb Memory, CD-ROM, Sound Card Software: Windows 95,98,ME,NT 4,2000 or XP Internet Explorer 4 or higher, Netscape 4 or higher Microsoft Office 2000 (Word, Powerpoint) Acrobat Reader 5 Fees: Rs.1500 to be paid by Demand Draft to the National Institute of Disaster Management payable at New Delhi. Application Application may be submitted on a plain paper stating inter alia name, age, educational qualifications, professional experience, current occupation, e-mail id, telephone number and postal address along with bank draft of Rs. 1500. The deadline for application is August 29, 2006. Acceptances will be communicated by September 4, 2006. Applications shall be addressed to Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management, IIPA Campus, I.P.Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi – 110002. For further information please contact: Prof Santosh Kumar, National Institute of Disaster Management, profsantosh@gmail.com Other events in this region
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