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0800 – 0900 hrs

 hrsRegistration

 

 

0900 – 1030 hrs

 hrsOpening Ceremony

Welcome

Introductions and Seminar Objectives

This session will outline the course objectives, format and facilitate introductions of participants

MONDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2006

MODULE 1:

Humanitarian & Development Context, Concepts and Definitions

1030 – 1230 hrs

Trends and Concepts

Participants will be introduced to the basic concepts and terms used in this field.

Eleanor Jones, Environmental Solutions, Jamaica

LUNCH: 1230 – 1400 hrs

1400 – 1530 hrs

Global platform and regional implementation

This section will explore the current risk reduction global and regional humanitarian and development strategies that shape risk reduction and disaster management practice and policy.

Jean-Luc Poncelet, Pan American Health Organization

BREAK:                        1530 – 1545 hrs

1545 – 1700 hrs

Institutional Capacity Reform

 

 

Jeremy Collymore, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency, Barbados

TUESDAY  NOVEMBER 21, 2006

MODULE 2: Managing Risk: Proactive Approaches

0900 – 1030 hrs

Health Facilities in the Caribbean: How vulnerable are they?

Recognizing that much of the observed risk in societies is linked to poor decision and programmes, this section will look at the different disaster reduction interventions in place and other possible alternatives for addressing the vulnerability of health facilities.

Tony Gibbs, Barbados

BREAK:                        1030 – 1045 hrs

 

1045 – 1230 hrs

Principles of vulnerability analysis

This section will expose participants to the principles of vulnerability analysis as a means of helping them to analyze vulnerability and develop appropriate action plans. Participants will also be introduced to new approaches to applying vulnerability analysis to different hazards

Eleanor Jones, Environmental Solutions, Jamaica

 

1230 – 1330 hours

Framework for action: National, Social and Economic perspectives in SIDS

Participants will focus on the ongoing programmes and action plans that shape risk reduction and disaster management practice and policy. Participants will consider the relationship between hazards, disasters and sustainable development, with a particular focus on Small-Island Developing States’ (SIDS) challenges.

Franklyn McDonald, Jamaica

 

LUNCH: 1330 – 1430 hrs

 

1430 – 1500 hrs

Pandemic Influenza

 

Dr. Robert Lee, PAHO/WHO Washington, D.C.

 

1500 - 1700 hrs

Damage Mitigation measures for new and existing structures

 

Tony Gibbs, Barbados

WEDNESDAY: NOVEMBER 22, 2006

MODULE 2: Managing Risk: Proactive Approaches (Cont’d)

0900 – 1030 hrs

Risk Reduction

 

Participants will look at categories of risk reduction, analyze contexts in which active and passive risk reduction measures are taken and identify the key stakeholders involved

Mr. Aston Brown

Asst. VP Systems Planning & Development

National Water Commission (NWC)

 

BREAK:                        1030 – 1045 hrs

 

1045 – 1230 hrs

Case Study – Mitigation Measures in Water & Sewage Systems

 

 

Mr. Aston Brown

Asst. VP Systems Planning & Development

National Water Commission (NWC)

 

LUNCH: 1230 – 1400 hrs

MODULE 3: National Systems

1400 – 1530 hrs

Role and responsibilities and capacity of the State, Civil society and private institutions

This section will compare and contrast the different philosophies, traditional and institutional arrangements for risk identification, disaster preparedness and planning.

Judy Thomas, National Disaster Coordinator

Barbados

BREAK:                        1530 – 1545 hrs

MODULE 3: National Systems

1545 – 1730 hrs

Building Resilient Communities:  Revisiting the Development Dialogue

Participants will review case studies from different states and identify the strengths and weakness of the different national systems.  Emerging issues including public and private sector resilience, coping capacities and continuity of operations will be explored

Dr Barbara Carby, National Disaster Coordinator, Cayman Islands

THURSDAY: NOVEMBER 23, 2006

MODULE 7: Programming for Disaster Reduction and Management

0900 – 1030 hrs Disaster management:

Strategic planning and Work Programme development

Participants will be introduced to a suite of tools that can assist in the design, elaboration and implementation of disaster management programmes that are integrated and sustainable.  Specifically, they will be exposed to:

1.       Strategic Planning and Work Programme Development

2.       Designing and implementing projects

Khemraj Nanhu, Business Strategies Limited

Trinidad and Tobago

BREAK:                        1030 – 1045 hrs

MODULE 7: Programming for Disaster Reduction and Management (Cont’d)

1045 – 1230 hrs Disaster management:

Strategic planning and Work Programme development (cont’d)

Participants will continue to look at the tools that can be used in disaster management programming. During this section, they will look at:

1.       Logical Framework approach

2.       Monitoring and Evaluation

Khemraj Nanhu, Business Strategies Limited

Trinidad and Tobago

LUNCH: 1230 – 1400 hrs

MODULE 7: Programming for Disaster Reduction and Management

1400 – 1530 hrs

Opportunities for pre-disaster resource mobilization

 

Professor Andrew Clayton

University of the West Indies, Jamaica

BREAK:                        1530 – 1545 hrs

Course Project

1545 – 1700 hrs

Presentation of Course Project

Course participants will be organized into teams, and each team will design and present a project centered around the application of one or more of the core themes of the course

Khemraj Nanhu, Business Strategies Limited

Trinidad and Tobago

FRIDAY: NOVEMBER 24, 2006

MODULE 3: National Systems (Cont’d)

0900 – 1030 hrs

Role of the health sector and Ministries of Health: Linkages with other sectors

Disaster reduction as a core function of the Ministry of Health will be explored.  Participants will also look at the role of the health sector and its linkages with other sectors

Monica Zacarelli, Pan American Health Organization

BREAK:                        1030 – 1045 hrs

1045 – 1230 hrs Community Coping Skills

Participants will be introduced to the current sectoral, national, regional and international mechanisms for assisting nation states in coping with major crises. 

Jamaica Red Cross

LUNCH: 1230 – 1400 hrs

MODULE 4:

Managing Emergencies

1400 – 1445 hrs

Mobilization of Emergency Resources

Recent experiences will be reviewed to highlight the various challenges involved in anticipating, avoiding, mobilizing for, coordinating and delivering an effective response, along with lessons learned from recent successes and failures.

Judy Thomas, Barbados

 

 

BREAK:                        1445 – 1500 hrs

 

1500 – 1700 hrs

Course Project

 

Participants will work in groups on their Course Project

 

SATURDAY: NOVEMBER 25, 2006

FIELD TRIP

MODULE 5: Governance and Partnership issues for disaster management

1300 – 1500 hrs

International Actors: NGOs, Red Cross, Military and Civil Coordination

 The impact of the integrated and comprehensive approach to disaster management on the broadening of the network of potential partnership and actors will be considered particularly as it raises issues of ownership, power and accountability, both inside and outside government agencies

 Franklyn McDonald, Jamaica

(Delivered at the University of the West Indies)

MONDAY: NOVEMBER 27, 2006

MODULE 4:

Managing Emergencies (Cont’d)

0900 – 1000 hrs

Myths &  Realities Video

 

Hugo Martinez, Pan American Health Organization

BREAK:                        1000 – 1015 hrs

1015 - 1230 hrs

Logistics Management System

Participants will be exposed to logistics management principles and the basics of the Logistics Management System and other support systems. 

Hugo Martinez, Pan American Health Organization

LUNCH: 1230 – 1400 hrs

1400 – 1700 hrs

Course Project

Participants will work in groups on their Course Project

TUESDAY: NOVEMBER 28, 2006

MODULE 6: Information, Communication and Technology

0900 – 1030 hrs

ICT in Disaster Management

The application of ICT in sharing Risk information, Early Warning Systems, mitigation and response planning will be explored.  Examples in Community health and Early Flood Warning and mitigation planning will be shared and discussed.

George Richards, Canada

BREAK:                        1030 – 1045 hrs

1045 – 1230 hrs

ICT in Disaster Management (Cont’d)

Participants will continue to look at the use of ICT applications in Disaster Management

George Richards, Canada

LUNCH: 1230 – 1400 hrs

MODULE 6: Information, Communication and Technology

1400 - 1530 hrs Disaster Information Sharing and Related Tools

This Section will look at the tools available to support effective risk communication, information sharing and management

Stephen Louis, BusinessTech Research Inc, Saint Lucia

BREAK:                        1530 – 1545 hrs

MODULE 6: Information, Communi-cation and Technology

1530 - 1700 hrs Disaster Information Sharing and Related Tools (Cont’d)

Participants will continue to look at the tools available to support effective risk communication, information sharing and management

Stephen Louis, BusinessTech Research Inc, Saint Lucia

WEDNESDAY: NOVEMBER 29, 2006

 

0900 – 1030 hrs

Crisis and Emergency Risk Communications: Addressing the challenges

Participants will review communication methods used to allow persons to make the best possible decisions during times of emergencies.  Lessons learnt and best practices will also be explored

Stacey Thompson, Jamaica

BREAK:                        1030 – 1045 hrs

 

1045 - 1230 hrs

Alternative Communication systems: ODPEM and ICT

Participants will be explored to the alternative methods of communications using by the National Disaster Office in Jamaica.  The strengths and weaknesses of the systems will be discussed.

Ronald Jackson, ODPEM, Jamaica

LUNCH: 1230 – 1400 hrs

 

1400 - 1600 hrs

Community Flood Warning Systems: An Alternative Communications System

Community Flood Warning Systems as an alternative means of communications will be presented.

Jacob Opadeyi

University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

THURSDAY: NOVEMBER 30, 2006

MODULE 5: Governance & Partnership Issues on Disaster Management

0900 – 1030 hrs

National and Regional Disaster Response Capacity: Reviewing the Foundations of Practice and Governance Issues

Participants will be introduced to the

1.       Dialogue on governance, and partnership building in disaster management

2.       Implications for State and donor relations

3.       Integrated and comprehensive approach to disaster management

Jeremy Collymore, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency, Barbados

BREAK:                        1030 – 1045 hrs

 

1045 – 1230 hrs

Continues

 

Jeremy Collymore, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency, Barbados

LUNCH: 1230 – 1400 hrs

 

1400 – 1700 hrs

Course Project

Participants will work in groups on their Course Project

 

FRIDAY: DECEMBER 1, 2006

 

0900 – 1230 hrs Course Project

 

Presentation of Certificates

Groups will present their Course Project

Participants

 

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