The aim of the training course is to increase participants’ 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, participants should 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 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 understanding of risk reduction and adaptation measures and integration into projects
Course Content:
- 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
How to register:
Please use the enrolment form on our website. After we receive your enrolment form, we will check your application for suitability and the availability of course placements. Upon approval of your application, you will receive an invoice for advance payment of the tuition fee. We can only confirm your participation after receiving the invoiced amount. Please note that the administration of the training courses conducted by SLE TRAINING is managed by the Humboldt-Innovation GmbH (HI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin. HI will be your contract partner. The invoice will be issued and sent to you via email by HI.
If you need proof for your employer, we are happy to send you evidence of your coursework saved as a PDF file, stating the course, course duration, etc. in advance as soon as you have registered: