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Course Report

Training Programme

on

Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management

(For Officials from African Countries)

Organised by

National Institute of Disaster Management

(A Statutory Body, Ministry of Home Affairs)

IIPA Campus, IP Estate, MG Road, New Delhi-2

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About the Programme

The Programme: Training of Trainers Programme on Comprehensive

Disaster Risk Management for Officials from African countries under the Africa India Framework signed in New Delhi May 2008, has been agreed

under the broader head of Political cooperation sub clause peace and security as an item no.12 Technical assistance and Capacity

building for disaster Management and humanitarian Assistance.

The Programme is being conducted by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Programme was conducted from 19th September to 30th September, 2011. 22 Officials from various fields such as disaster management, training, security etc. from 13 different African Nations participated in this

programme. The list of participants is as below. The programme was inaugurated by Shri Gurjit Singh, Additional Secretary (East & South

Africa), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.

Programme Schedule Day Time Topics Resource person

0900 – 1000 Registration NIDM 1000 – 1030 Briefing about the

course/Introduction of the participants/ Ice Breaking

Prof. Santosh Kumar, NIDM Shri Shekher Chaturvedi, NIDM

1030 – 1200 Expectation of the course Participants Facilitators: Prof. Santosh Kumar Shri Shekher Chaturvedi

1300 Departure to NIDM 1400 – 1430 Constitution of Host Team

(Participants)/ Briefing of

Host Team/ Group formation

Shri Shekher Chaturvedi

1430 – 1445 Briefing about the project work and Field Visit

Prof. Santosh Kumar

19.9.2011

1500 – 1600 Inaugural Session Dr. Satendra, ED NIDM Prof. Santosh Kumar Shri R K Srivastava, JS

(DM), MHA Shri Lokesh Jha, JS (PP),

MHA H.E. Mrs. Nimisha Madhvani High Commissioner Uganda High Commission Shri Gurjit Singh, AS (E & SA) MEA

0900 – 0915 Recapitulation Host team 20.9.2011 0915 – 1015 Disaster Risk Reduction

and Development: Challenges and Opportunities

Prof. Santosh Kumar

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1015 – 1130 Disaster Management: Issues & Challenges for Governance & Public Policy

Prof. Santosh Kumar

1145 – 1315 Unfolding catastrophic situations: Flood

Management – Definition, Causes, impact, Mitigation Initiatives (flood plain zonation, etc.) and warning

Dr. K J Anandha Kumar, NIDM

1415 – 1545 Responding to Floods – Relief & Response activities – A Case study of Kosi Floods, Bihar

Dr. Satendra

1600 – 1730 Basic concepts of Disaster Management

Shri Shekher Chaturvedi

0900 – 0915 Recapitulation Host team 0915 – 1045 Administrative challenges

of handling catastrophic situation

Dr. PK Mishra, GSERC

1045 – 1315 Financing Disaster Management: Disaster

Risk Funding, Institutional sustainability for disaster

risk funding, Micro finance: spl reference to Crop Insurance

Dr. PK Mishra, GSERC Prof. Santosh Kumar

21.9.2011

1415 – 1600 Climate Change Adaptation & Food

Security

Dr. Shiraz Wajih, GEAG

0900 – 0915 Recapitulation Host team 0915 – 1045 Systematic Approach to

Training Prof. Santosh Kumar

1045 - 1300 Tools and Techniques of Training

Prof. Santosh Kumar

22.9.2011

1430 – 1700 Cyclone – Definition, Causes, socio-economic

impact, Mitigation Initiatives Early Warning System: Tool & Techniques

Visit to IMD Session by Dr. K.

Mohapatra

0900 – 0915 Recapitulation Host team 0915 – 1045 Post Disaster damage,

loss and Needs

assessment

Prof. Santosh Kumar

1045 – 1315 Community level

initiatives for DRR Prof. V. K. Sharma, IIPA

1415 – 1530 Drought – Definition, Desertification, Drought Mitigation initiatives

Prof. Santosh Kumar

23.9.2011

1545 – 1700 Earthquake – Definition, Mitigation initiatives, and other issues

Dr. Amir Ali Khan, NIDM

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24.9.2011–26.9.211

Field Visit to Agra, Bharatpur and Jaipur

1000 – 1130 Drought –Monitoring &

Warning Dr. V. S. Prakash, KSDMC, Bangalore

1145 – 1315 Urban Risk: Issues,

Challenges, Mitigation and Management

Ms. C. Bandyopadhyay

27.9.2011

1415 – 1600 Cross-cutting Issues: Children in Emergencies

Shri Sarabjit Singh Sahota, UNICEF

1000 – 1015 Recapitulation Host team

1000 – 1115 Cross cutting Issues:

Gender and Disaster Followed by Exercise

Prof. Santosh Kumar

1130 – 1300 Role of UN Organizations for DRR in Africa

Dr. Krishna Vatsa, BCPR, UNDP

28.9.2011

1430 – 1730 Emergency Response: Introduction to Emergency Management and Demonstration

NDRF Greater NOIDA

0900 – 0915 Recapitulation Host team

0915 – 1030 Gender & Disasters:

Group Exercise Presentation

Participants

Facilitator: Prof. Santosh Kumar

1030 - 1130 Gender & Disaster with

reference to Trafficking Ms. B. Bhamathi, Addl.

Sec., MHA 1145 – 1315 Disaster Psycho-Social

Care Dr. Sujata Satapathy,

NIDM

29.9.2011

1415 – 1600 Dealing with Complex Emergencies: Epidemics

Dr. JK Das, Dean & Head Epidemiology, NIHFW

0930 - 1100 Project Report Preparation Participants

1100 - 1200 Project Report Presentation

Participants Facilitators: Prof. Santosh Kumar Shri Shekher Chaturvedi

1200 - 1300 Summing up Participants Facilitators: Prof. Santosh Kumar Shri Shekher Chaturvedi

30.9.2011

1500 - 1600 Valediction Dr. Satendra Dr. Rakesh Hooja, Director, IIPA Prof. Santosh Kumar

Field Visits

1. Local: IMD a. Session on Cyclone & Early Warning will be held at IMD

2. Outside Delhi: Greater NOIDA & Jaipur

a. Session on Emergency Response will be held at NDRF, Greater NOIDA

b. Session on Disaster Displacement: Issues of Immediate shelter and food & nutrition by Secretary (DM), Govt. of

Rajasthan will be held at office of Secretary (Disaster Management), Govt. of Rajasthan, Jaipur

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Resource persons

External Experts NIDM Faculty

Shri Gurjit Singh, IAS Additional Secretary (East & South Africa)

Ministry of External Affairs South Block, New Delhi

Dr. Satendra, IFS Executive Director National Institute of Disaster

Management (NIDM) IIPA Campus, IP Estate, MG Road,

New Delhi-2 Tel - 011-23702445

H.E. Mrs. Nimisha Madhvani High Commissioner Uganda High Commission, New Delhi

Prof. Santosh Kumar Head Policy, Planning & cross-cutting Issues

Division National Institute of Disaster

Management(NIDM) IIPA Campus, IP Estate, MG Road, New Delhi-2 Tel - 011- 23702433

Dr. PK Mishra, IAS (Retd.) Chairman Gujarat State Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) 1st Floor, Neptune Tower Opposite Nehru Bridge

Ashram Road, Ahmedabad - 380 009 Gujarat

Phone: 91 - 79 -26580350, 26580359 Fax: 91 - 79 – 26584542

Email : gerc@gercin.org Phone: 91 - 79 – 26584684 (D) Email : chairman@gercin.org

Dr. K J Anandha Kumar Associate Professor National Institute of Disaster Management(NIDM) IIPA Campus, IP Estate, MG Road, New Delhi-2

Tel - 011-23702432

Ms. B. Bhamathi, IAS Additional Secretary

Ministry of Home Affairs North Block, New Delhi

Dr. Amir Ali Khan Assistant Professor

National Institute of Disaster Management(NIDM), IIPA Campus, IP

Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-2 Tel - 011-23702432

Shri Lokesh Jha, IAS Joint Secretary PP Division Ministry of Home Affairs Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi

Ms. Chandrani Bandyopadhyay Assistant Professor National Institute of Disaster Management(NIDM) IIPA Campus, IP Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-2 Tel - 011-23702432

Shri R. K. Srivastava, IAS Joint Secretary DM Division Ministry of Home Affairs Lok Nayak Bhavan, New Delhi

Dr. Sujata Satapathy Assistant Professor National Institute of Disaster Management(NIDM) IIPA Campus, IP Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-2 Tel - 011-23702432

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Dr. Krishna Vatsa Regional Disaster Reduction Advisor, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) South and South-West Asia Office United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 40, India International Centre, 2nd Floor Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003 krishna.vatsa@undp.org

Shri Shekher Chaturvedi National Institute of Disaster Management(NIDM) IIPA Campus, IP Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-2 Tel - 011-23702432

Dr. VS Prakash Director

Karnataka State Natural Disaster

Monitoring Centre,

IX Floor, BWSSB Building, Cauvery Bhavan, Bangalore - 560 009,

Karnataka Tel.: 080 22215613,

TeleFax: 080 22217038 Email: dmc.kar@nic.in,

dmc.kar@gmail.com.

Dr. Shiraz Wajih

Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG)

Post Box No. 60, 224, Purdilpur, M G College Road

Gorakhpur -273001 (U.P.) India Phone - 0551-2230004

Fax - 0551-2230005

Dr. A. P. Tyagi

Director General India Meteorological Department

Mausam Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-3 Tel - 011-24611842

Shri Sarabjit Singh Sahota UNICEF 73 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110 003 Tel: 91 11 2469-0401, 2469-1410 Fax: 011 2462-7521, 2469-1410

Email: newdelhi@unicef.org

Prof. JK Das, Dean & Head (Epidemiology),

National Institute of Health & Family Welfare

Baba Gang Nath Marg, Munirka, New Delhi-110067. Phones: 91-11-2616 5959 Fax: 91-11-2610 1623

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Shri J.P. Yadav

8th Bn NDRF, Post Surajpur, Greater Noida, Gautam Budh

Nagar, UP Off -0120-2351101/02

Telefax-0120-2351105

Support Staff

Shri Rajiv Kumar Program Associate National Institute of Disaster Management(NIDM)

IIPA Campus, IP Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-2

Tel - 011-23702432

Shri Pankaj Kumar Program Support National Institute of Disaster Management(NIDM)

IIPA Campus, IP Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-2

Tel - 011-23702432

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List of Participants

S.

No

Country Flag Name of Participants

Designation

Address

Photograph Tel./Cell Email

1. Gambia

Mr. Mohamadou

Drammeh

Leading Fire Fighter

Gambia Fire and Rescue

Service, 9 Ecowas

Avenue, Gambia

6610216 gfrs@ga

mtel.gm

2. Gambia

Mr. Yaya Sonko

Station Officer (Admn.)

Gambia Fire and Rescue

Service, 9 Ecowas

Avenue, Gambia

220422821

1

220354902

7

002204224

03 (F)

gfrs@ga

mtel.gm

3. Ghana

Ms. Juliet Aku Pappoe

Senior Disaster Control

Officer

National Disaster

Management

Organization

030230838

3 (R)

024312251

9 (M)

shyjil05

@yahoo.

com

4. Ghana

Ms. Love Asare–

Bediako

SDCO

National Disaster

Management

Organisation, P.O. Box –

3994, ACCRA

233244448

618 (F)

loveasar

ebediako

@yahoo.

com

5. Lesotho

Mr. Isaac Lehlohonolo

Suping

Principal Legal Officer

Prime Minister’s Office,

Govt. of Lesotho

002662232

7249(O)

59418264

(R)

62995554

(M)

lehlohon

olosupin

g@yahoo

.com

6. Lesotho

Mr. Moletsane

Stephen Makhooane

Lesotho Mounted Police

Services, Special Unit,

Fire Brigade Unit,

Lesotho

002662231

7163 (o)

22337102

(R)

62007477

(M)

22310045(F

mmakho

oane103

07@yaho

o.co.uk

7. Mauritius

Mr. Vunka Jungum

Rajoo

Major

Special Mobile Force

Head Quarter, St.

Vincent Street, Vacoas,

Mauritius

002306975

604

002304239

348

002306863

048 (F)

rajoo150

2@yahoo

.co.uk

8. Namibia

Ms. Matrida Kalinasho

Daisy Musweu

CIO

Ministry of Home Affairs

and Immigration,

Private Bag - 13200,

Windhoek, Namibia

264612922

048 (o)

264612191

28 ®

264811422

119 &

264811295

161 (M)

264612922

185 (F)

mkmusw

eu@gmai

l.com

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9. Namibia

Mr. Mesag Hailonga

Supritendant

C/o Esshen Seshen

Street Windhock

Namibia, Head Office of

the City Police and

Emergency Services,

Namibia

264612902

715

264612902

722(O)

264812512

200(M)

264612902

711 (F)

264613045

50(R)

meh@wi

ndhoekcc

.org.na

10. Niger

Mr. Ali Abdouhazize

Tondibia

Groupement National

Sapurs Pompiers

(GNSP), Niamey , Niger

002272073

2113

002278613

4134

002279613

4134

abdoutch

anga@ya

hoo.fr

11. Niger

Mr. Billo Illiassou

GAN

Groupement National

Sapurs Pompiers

(GNSP), Niamey , Niger

002272072

6037

227903444

10

bill95a@

yahoo.fr

12. Nigeria

Mr. Lukman

Adedamola Adedeji

(DSP)

MO 44 PMF Squardon,

Police Force Head

quarters, Shehu Shagari

Way, Abuja, Nigeria

234803578

5302

234808177

6227

lukmant

hetallest

@yahoo.

co.uk

13. Nigeria

Mr. Saheed Akande

Olakunle Akiode

Asst. Chief Training

Officer (ACTO)

National Emergency

Management Agency

(NEMA)

8 Adetokunbo Ademola

Crescent, Maitama

Abuja, Nigeria

294803719

5653

294805322

7466

234702531

9199

saoakiod

e@yahoo

.co.uk

14. Rwanda

Mr. Habinshuti

Philippe

Disaster Preparedness

Operations Manager

Ministry of Disaster

Management Refugees

Affairs

P.O. Box–4386, Kigali

Blue Sky House Building

Kacyiru–Gasabo-Kigali,

Rwanda

250788554

124

250728554

124

h.philipp

e@midim

ar.gov.r

w

15. Senegal

Mr. Ndoye Mamadou

Firemen Commander

Regional Fire Service,

Head Quarter of Dakar,

PoBox – 19624,

Guediawaye, Senegal

002213383

72711

002217752

97143

emsg1@l

ive.fr

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16. Senegal

Mr. Papa Ange Michel

Diatta

Chief of General Studies

and Plan Bureau

Senegalese Fire Service,

Head Quarters, Avenue

Malick Sy PoBox – 273,

Dakar, Senegal

002217755

76683

002263382

39314

angediat

ta@yaho

o.fr

17. Seychelles

Mr. Cliff Alissop

Project Coordinator

Division of Risk and

Disaster Management,

Environment Dept.,

Ministry of Home Affairs,

Environment, Transport

and Energy, Room No. 3

Global Village, Mt Flueri

248267220

0

248272217

1

248461013

1 (F)

cliffalisso

p@gov.s

c

18. Sierra

Leone

Mr. Abu Draman

Solokor Bockarie

Assistant Director

O/o The Office of

National Security (ONS)

Tower Hill Fretown,

Sierra Leone

033360641 Abuds15

588@ya

hoo.com

19. Tanzania

Mr. Aristides

Sebastian Damazo

Instructor Police

Academy

Moshi Police Academy,

P.O. Box – 3024,

Moshi – Kilimnajro,

Tanzania

255713558

170

255788227

414

damazoa

ristides@

yahoo.co

m

20. Tanzania

Mr. Shaaban Lemmy

Kimea

Asstt. Commissioner of

Police, Ministry of Home

Affairs/ Tanzania Police

Force, P.O. 9141, Dar-

Es-Salaam

255754602

411

255784879

680

shabbyki

mea@ya

hoo.com

21. Uganda

Mr. Jasper Oloka

Dy Commandant

Counter Terrorism

Directorate

C/o PO. Box – 573,

KAMPALA, Uganda

256414284

665

041425149

0 (F)

256774428

540

olokajas

per@yah

oo.com

22. Uganda

Mr. John Bosco

Tumwebaze

Commandant

C/o Uganda Prisons

Service, Po. Box – 7182,

KAMPALA, Uganda

256414505

851

256772693

308

jbtumwe

baze@ya

hoo.com

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Programme Report

The first session of day one focused on briefing the participants about the course, logistic arrangements, administrative announcements and concept

of Host team. Host Team was created to involve participants in the conduct of the program. They were given various responsibilities during

the program.

During the second session, participants introduced themselves in detail and stated their expectations from the course. Main stress by the

participants was on learning about initiatives about disaster management and preparedness, mitigation and response measures to various disasters.

Knowledge and information about various Disaster Risk Reduction measures were also one of the expectations of the participants.

The last session of the day was formal inaugural session. During this session, participants were welcomed by

Prof. Santosh Kumar, Course Coordinator of the course. Dr.

Satendra, Executive Director, NIDM welcomed the participants and thanked

MEA and MHA for once again trusting NIDM to conduct of this programme. He

explained the capacity building initiatives being implemented by NIDM. He then

said that the collaboration between NIDM, MEA, MHA and African countries would be there to stay and NIDM

would be happy to organize such courses in future also.

Shri R. K. Srivastava, Joint Secretary (DM), MHA while addressing the

participants informed about various organizations working in the field of

disaster management and capacity building viz. NDMA and NIDM etc. He

also detailed out the institutional structure prevalent in the country

for managing disasters and various global initiatives undertaken in

preparedness and response to disasters. He also mentioned about

the National Disaster Response Fund which has been instituted for response related activities.

Shri Lokesh Jha, Joint secretary (PP), MHA addressed the participants

and thanked NIDM for taking up the

responsibility of organizing the programme at the behest of PP Division, MHA.

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H.E. (Ms.) Nimisha Madhvani, Ambassador of Uganda in India at the outset thanked Government of India for organizing such a

programme. She also emphasized the need for safer and better global environment. She

stressed the importance of lessons learnt from past disasters in rebuilding of the affected

country after disaster. She said that capacity building is necessary for effective reduction of disaster risks. She floated

an idea of having an Institute like that of NIDM or linking NIDM to any vocational institute in one of the African countries.

Shri Gurjeet Singh, Additional Secretary (E & SA), MEA in his inaugural

speech touched briefly on activities of MEA and initiatives taken by it in

the field of Disaster management. He also stressed the need of such courses to

be conducted in future in collaboration with various Governments of other

countries. He also drew similarities between India and participating African

countries in respect to drought and flood. He emphasized that the effect of these

disasters gets further intensified due to climate change impact and urbanization.

He expressed his concern over unplanned and un-thoughtful urbanization. He thanked NIDM for accepting the request of MEA for organizing such

courses and enabling Government of India in achieving its initiative under the Indo-African summit.

Prof. Santosh Kumar, Course Director, NIDM proposed a formal vote of thanks.

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Day Two

Day two began with the technical session on Disaster Risk Reduction and Development. During this session, Prof. Santosh Kumar discussed about various Initiatives of Government of India in the field of disaster

management and how developmental issues have been addressed while taking these initiatives. He emphasized the need of the fact that every

development should have mitigation and preventive measures inbuilt. This would not only help reducing the impact of disasters but also help

grow a better environment to live in. He also touched upon the disaster management concept in India and Africa and the commonalities between

the two.

In his subsequent presentation on Issues and challenges for

Governance and Policy, Prof.

Kumar discussed in detail the trends of disaster events

globally and India & Africa in particular. He further discussed

the global framework for disaster management. He

emphasized that every disaster has thrown new challenges for governance and has been managed in a

different manner. Participants also expressed that they have also been facing disasters man-made in particular and have come across challenges

of different nature with every passing disaster. A consensus was arrived to the fact that an out of the box thinking is always necessary for

managing any disaster as every disaster has new dimensions.

Dr. K J Anandha Kumar, Associate professor with NIDM started his

presentation on Concepts and causes of flood and early warning and preparedness measures

related to floods. He started the presentation with various

statistics of flood and its impact. He then discussed

various types, causes and impact of floods in detail.

Flood control measures, both structural and non-

structural, and initiatives taken for tackling floods was

also discussed during his presentation. He shared

with the participants various benefits of floods like ground water recharge

etc. during his presentation.

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Dr. Satendra, Executive Director NIDM shared his experiences of

managing Kosi Floods of 2008 in the state of Bihar. He apprised the participants about the incident and its impact. He then explained how

Kosi Floods 2008, one of the worst disasters, was

managed and various response activities were

carried out by Government of Bihar

State with the help of Central Government. He

emphasized that there were two major

initiatives that were

taken by the Government of Bihar during post disaster of this event. One was Owner

Driven Reconstruction Approach, where the affected were requested to build their own houses with the help both technical and financial, from the

government. This helped in an increased sense of satisfaction and ownership amongst the affected community. The second approach was

Built Back Better, which not only emphasized the need of reconstruction of the damaged house but also making it reseilient to multi hazard

affecting the area. This was also carried out with the help of community.

The last session of the day was on Basic Concepts of Disaster Management. Shri Shekher Chaturvedi, NIDM took this session. This

session was conducted as a group exercise. Groups came up with the definitions of Hazard, Risk, Vulnerability and Capacity which were

summed up by Shri Chaturvedi with the help of definitions in the DM Act

2005 and given by UNISDR.

Day Three

The day began with Dr. PK Mishra, Chairman, GERC, sharing his experiences about Administrative challenges of handling catastrophic

situation. He took up the case study of Gujarat Earthquake

2001 and explained about how despite all odds,

government of Gujarat could manage such a huge disaster

where about 14000 people died and there was huge loss

of property. During his

presentation, he explained the participants about the

shift in approach of managing disasters from Post-disaster

centric to pre-disaster centric. He explained the challenges faced by the

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administration like their family emergencies, own injuries, span of

damage, availability of resources, etc. In his second presentation on Funding disasters, Dr. Mishra said that funding mechanism prevalent in the country is Calamity Relief Fund (CRF)

which is based on recommendation of Finance Commission. Centre and State share the contributions to CRF. Further to it National Calamity

Contingency Fund is also utilized when CRF is not adequate for relief expenditure. However, both these funds are meant for immediate relief

and reconstruction and not for long term recovery. He emphasized the need for risk transfer mechanism for financing disasters like Insurance.

Citing Gujarat example where Insurance mechanism was successfully used, he said that Risk Insurance can be an alternate mechanism. He also

informed the participants about latest development in financing disasters in the form of National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) and National

Disaster Response Fund (NDR Fund) projected by the 13th Finance

Commission. The NDR Fund has been constituted with a corpus to support post disaster activities while NDMF is in the process. He also mentioned

that a Capacity Building Grant has been constituted by the 13th Finance Commission to support the Capacity building activities in the states of the

country. He also flagged the issues like re-insurance, public-private partnership in this field and affordability of the needy which need to be

addressed for an effective financing mechanism for disaster management.

Dr. Shiraz Wajih, GEAG shared his view on Climate change and food security with the participants.

He started of with brief on concept of climate change and

its impact. He stated that climate change has resulted in

varied rainfall and has led

subsequently to increased disaster risks and exposed much

more area to disasters. He then touched upon impact of climate

change on agriculture and thus leading to food insecurity. He discussed these issues with the case study

of Uttar Pradesh.

Day Four

Day four began with the technical session on Systematic Approach to

Training. During this session, Prof. Santosh Kumar discussed about various concepts and cycle of training like learning, Imitation, being told,

etc. He also discussed the pedagogy and Initiatives of Government of

India in the field of disaster management and how developmental issues have been addressed while taking these initiatives. He emphasized the

need of the fact that every development should have mitigation and preventive measures inbuilt. This would not only help reducing the impact

of disasters but also help grow a better environment to live in. He also

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touched upon the disaster management concept in India and Africa and

the commonalities between the two. Participants were also taken to India Meteorological Department to have a first hand experience on Cyclone monitoring system and early warning

dissemination to concerned authorities. DG IMD welcomed the participants and apprised them about the activities and collaborations of

IMD. This was followed by a presentation about concepts, initiatives and warning mechanism for cyclones was made by Dr. K. Mohapatra.

Participants were then taken around various sections of IMD where they had a face to face viewing of cyclone warning system and seismic

monitoring system.

Day Five

Prof. Santosh Kumar while making the presentation on damage and

Loss assessment, deliberated on the issue of difference between damage and loss and non-assessment of loss by many during disasters. This leads

to a great discrepancy in actual assessment and planning for recovery. He emphasized the need of having correct identification of damage and loss

of any affected area in order to plan the activities for better management of post disaster activities like allocation of funds, recovery plan, etc.

Prof. Vinod K. Sharma, IIPA shared his thoughts on Cross cutting and

humanitarian issues focusing on Community based disaster management. He started his session with

various community based initiatives taken in this field

and their integration in the ongoing programmes. He

emphasized the need and

importance of Community centric disaster management

as this would help in long term sustainability of the initiatives

and ownership of programmes. He then put-forth the idea that

the nurturing of children at a tender age would lead to wider awareness about disasters and also would be an initiative that would remain alive for

years together. He related this with school level initiatives like awareness campaigns, disaster management as a subject in the curriculum and

development of IEC materials, etc. which have been undertaken at a large scale but also said that this is only a beginning and a long distance is still

to be covered.

While making the presentation in second and third sessions of the day,

Prof. Santosh Kumar explained the types and causes of drought. He emphasized that drought is largely attributed to, metrological events like

deficient rain which leads agricultural and hydrological. He then discussed about the methodology for tackling drought situations with the case study

of Rajasthan. He also linked his presentation with conditions in various

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African countries. He also discussed the impact of drought on livelihood

and various challenges and remedies on various livelihood issues. Drought creates larger impacts than any other disaster. It continues for larger period say 1- 2-3-5 years, which affects whole economic processes. He stated that Drought and Epidemics have been the major disasters that

strike African countries.

Last session of the day was devoted to exposing the participants to overview of earthquake disaster and its mitigation and management. A

presentation was made by Dr. Amir Ali Khan, Assistant Professor NIDM on this topic. Dr. Khan, while discussing

about the concepts and causes of earthquake, shared with the participants

the statistics about losses caused by major earthquakes. He also discussed in detail

about the primary and secondary hazards

that are associated with earthquakes like liquefaction, landslides, tsunami and fire

etc.

Day Six to Eight

Day Six to day Eight were devoted to field experience of the participants. The participants were taken to Agra, Bharatpur and Jaipur during the field

trip from 24th to 26th September 2011. At Agra they saw and studied the impact of disaster on tourism and heritage monuments. While at

Bharatpur, they were exposed to impact of drought on tourism. The participants then proceeded to Jaipur for analyzing and studying drought

management, relief and response, water- shed management and fodder and cattle management. At Jaipur, participants were given insight into the

above mentioned aspects through presentations and discussions by

Officials of the office of Secretary (Disaster Management), who also interacted with the participants during the discussions. The participants

were also exposed to the field realities so that they could operationalise the theoretical teachings and discussion of the class room. They

interacted with the villagers, women folk and also with the village level administrative wing. The field trip enriched the participants with practical

exposure.

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Visit to the Drought Proofing site in the Harsauli Village of

Rajasthan

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Interaction with officials of Govt. of Rajasthan

Day Nine

Day nine began with the issue of Drought Monitoring Initiatives in India.

Dr. VS Prakash, Director, Karnataka State Natural Disaster

Monitoring Centre deliberated on this issue citing the example from

the State of Karnataka. He started his presentation with an

organizational and work overview

of the Monitoring Centre. While discussing about drought

monitoring issues, he discussed about the affect of the drought

incident that affected Karnataka state and initiatives taken by the state in its management which included constant monitoring through various

scientific tools. He informed the participants about the new approach Bhoochethana which was utilized to revive the dryland through transfer of

innovative technology and enhance the capacity of community. He also discussed about the weather based insurance mechanism.

The issue of urban risk management

was discussed with the participants during this session. Ms. Chandrani

Bandyopadhyay, Assistant Professor

NIDM started of with the definition of the city and then elaborated upon the

issues related to urban growth. She said that the urban disasters have been

on an increase due to rapid

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urbanization which has taken place due to work opportunities, better

infrastructure facilities and other amenities. She further added that local governance is the key to make cities reseilient to disasters. Mr. Sarabjit Singh Sahota, UNICEF deliberated upon the children issues

during disasters. He discussed the needs of

children during emergencies and how these can be

addressed. He emphasized the need of planning while

addressing the needs of children during disasters. He

also discussed the initiatives taken by UNICEF in this

regard.

Day Ten

Prof. Santosh Kumar during his presentation on Gender issues during

disasters, discussed the differential impact of disasters on

Gender. He tackle with it. The presentation was followed by

exercise to bring out the issues and challenges with regard to

impact and management of disasters with a gender lens.

Dr. Krishna Vatsa, Regional Disaster Reduction Advisor, Bureau of Crisis

Prevention & Response (BCPR), UNDP discussed a very important issue of

role of UN organisations for disaster risk reduction in Africa with the

participants. He briefly touched upon the disasters faced by African

countries and their impact on people of Africa. He then discussed the roles

of various UN organizations such as OCHA, UNDP, UNHCR and The World

bank for reducing disaster risks. He

also elaborated upon various constraints faced by these organizations in achieving their goals.

Participants then went to the National Disaster Response Force at

Greater NOIDA to have a first hand experience of the search and rescue

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equipments and how an earthquake search and rescue is carried out.

NDRF personnel explained the importance and use of most of the equipments which are used by NDRF personnel in search and rescue activities. Triage (separation of affected people with reference to gravity of their injuries, cutting of debris and rescue of affected people was

demonstrated by NDRF personnel. Shri JP Yadav Incharge NDRF Greater NOIDA then discussed with participants about their experiences in

carrying out search and rescue in Sikkim. He also discussed various challenges face during any search and rescue operations.

Day Eleven

Day eleven started with Exercise on gender related issues during

emergencies. Participants discussed about various

challenges and constraints faced

by disaster managers during emergencies. Prof. Santosh

Kumar facilitated the discussion.

Ms. B. Bhamathi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India discussed other gender related issues like trafficking

in the next session. She brought forward hardships faced not only by Women but also

men during emergencies. She also said that trafficking has been a major post disaster

issue. This has affected women and children in

particular. She raised selling of girls, child labour and steep fall in school attendance as

issues and discussed possible remedies like political space for women, gender sensitive risk identification, possible

interventions which bridge gender inequalities, etc. of the same.

The psycho-social health issues related to disasters were discussed by Dr. Sujata Satapathy, Assistant Professor, NIDM. She discussed the need of

disaster psycho-social care for giving a healing touch to the survivors. Her presentation was largely based on

group exercises and role plays for psychological interventions during

emergency situations. During her session, she discussed various

behavioural changes that occur to the

survivors in post disaster phase. She said that increase in consumption of

alcohol, cigarettes and violence etc. are very common amongst survivors.

She then emphasized that there is lack of trained professionals for

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providing psycho-social care to survivors in Africa and there is a big need

for enhancing community level professionals for providing trauma care to survivors. The last presentation of the programme was made by Dr. JK Das, Dean

and Head of Department (Epidemiology), National Institute of Health & Family Welfare. He started his

presentation with definition and causes of epidemics. He then

discussed various early warning signals and sources of detection of

epidemic outbreak with the participants. He also emphasized

that constant vigil/ monitoring, effective communication,

community involvement and clear

roles and responsibilities are various measures that can be taken to prevent, prepare and mitigate

epidemic outbreak.

Day Twelve

Last day was devoted to the presentations made by participants on project of preparedness and prevention steps for a disaster in anticipation

and response measures taken after disaster has struck. Two groups utilized the information provided during the presentations by experts and

experience of field visit to prepare the presentation and discussed the same with fellow participants.

The last session was a formal valedictory session where participants gave

their feedback about the course and largely it was excellent. All were of

the view that such programmes should be taken up on a more regular basis so that the continuity is maintained. Dr. Rakesh Hooja, Director

Indian Institute of Public Administration delivered the valedictory address. During his address, he shared his experiences of managing drought and

highlighted five major steps to effectively manage a disaster. Finally he gave away successfully completion certificates to participants.

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Daily Evaluation Report Day Happy Normal Unhappy

Day 1 (19/09/2011) Monday

16 3 3

Day2 (20/09/2011) Tuesday

18

Day 3 (21/09/2011) Wednesday

20

Day 4 (22/09/2011)

Thursday 22

Day 5 (23/09/2011)

Friday 9

Day 6- 8

(24/09/2011 to 26-01-2011)

Delhi –Agra – Bharatpur - Jaipur Visit

10

Day 9 (27/09/2011)

Tuesday

21 1

Day 10 (28/09/2011) Wednesday

15

Day 11 (29/09/2011) Thursday

15

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Participant’s Feedback (End Course Evaluation) A daily feedback of every session was taken from the participants of the

course. The feedback was for the assessment of content as well as presentation skills of the Resource Persons. An overall view of the

participants was that the course content and presentation skills of the resource persons were excellent. The session wise details of the feedback

are as follows.

Participant’s Feedback in percentage Assessment for Content Assessment of

Presentation Topic Faculty Name

Ex

celle

nt

Ve

ry

Go

od

Go

od

Fa

ir

Ex

celle

nt

Ve

ry

Go

od

Go

od

Fa

ir

Disaster Risk

Reduction and

Development:

Challenges and

Opportunities

Prof. Santosh

Kumar

81.82 13.64 4.54 81.82 13.64 4.54

Disaster

Management:

Issues &

Challenges for

Governance &

Public Policy

Prof. Santosh

Kumar

81.82 18.18 81.82 13.64 4.54

Unfolding

catastrophic

situations: Flood

Management –

Definition, Causes,

impact, Mitigation

Initiatives (flood

plain zonation,

etc.) and warning

Dr. K J

Anandha

Kumar

40.91 45.45 9.09 40.91 50 9.09

Responding to

Floods – Relief &

Response activities

– A Case study of

Kosi Floods, Bihar

Dr. Satendra,

ED NIDM

54.54 31.82 9.09 59.09 36.36 4.54

Basic concepts of

Disaster

Management

Shri Shekher

Chaturvedi,

NIDM

40.91 31.82 13.64 36.36 40.91 9.09

Administrative

challenges of

handling

catastrophic

situation

Dr. PK

Mishra,

GSERC

31.82 50 4.54 22.73 59.09 13.64

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Assessment for Content Assessment of Presentation

Topic Faculty Name

Exc

ellen

t

Very

G

oo

d

Go

od

Fair

Exc

ellen

t

Very

G

oo

d

Go

od

Fair

Financing

Disaster

Management:

Disaster Risk

Funding,

Institutional

sustainability for

disaster risk

funding, Micro

finance: spl

reference to

Crop Insurance

Dr. PK

Mishra,

GSERC

Prof. Santosh

Kumar

54.54 36.36 9.09 50 36.36 9.09

Climate Change

Adaptation & Food

Security

Dr. Shiraz

Wajih, GEAG

45.45 40.91 13.64 31.82 45.45 13.64

Systematic

Approach to

Training

Prof. Santosh

Kumar

86.36 9.09 4.54 77.27 18.18

Tools and

Techniques of

Training

Prof. Santosh

Kumar

63.64 9.09 54.54 13.64 4.54

Cyclone –

Definition, Causes,

socio-economic

impact, Mitigation

Initiatives

Early Warning

System: Tool &

Techniques

Visit to IMD

Session by

Dr. K.

Mohapatra

31.82 54.54 13.64 18.18 54.54 18.18

Post Disaster

damage, loss and

Needs assessment

Prof. Santosh

Kumar

77.27 9.09 4.54 77.27 13.64 4.54

Community level

initiatives for

DRR: Case Studies

Prof. V. K.

Sharma, IIPA

36.36 50 4.54 27.27 45.45 18.18

Drought –

Definition, Drought

Mitigation

initiatives

Prof. Santosh

Kumar

63.64 27.27 63.64 27.27

Earthquake –

Definition,

Mitigation

initiatives, and

other issues

Dr. Amir Ali

Khan, NIDM

63.64 18.18 9.09 36.36 36.36 18.18

Drought –

Monitoring &

Warning

Dr. V. S.

Prakash,

KSDMC,

Bangalore

54.54 45.45 31.82 54.54 13.64

Urban Risk:

Issues,

Challenges,

Mitigation and

Management

Ms. C.

Bandyopadhy

ay

72.73 22.73 59.09 40.91

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Assessment for Content Assessment of Presentation

Topic Faculty Name

Exc

ellen

t

Very

G

oo

d

Go

od

Fair

Exc

ellen

t

Very

G

oo

d

Go

od

Fair

Cross-cutting

Issues: Children

in Emergencies

Shri Sarabjit

Singh

Sahota,

UNICEF

45.45 27.27 18.18 40.91 27.27 27.27

Sikkim

Earthquake:

Discussion

Dr. Surya

Parkash,

NIDM

36.36 36.36 18.18 45.45 18.18 27.27 4.54

Cross cutting

Issues: Gender

and Disaster

Followed by

Exercise

Prof. Santosh

Kumar,

NIDM

77.27 13.64 86.36 13.64

Role of UN

Organizations for

DRR in Africa

Dr. Krishna

Vatsa, BCPR,

UNDP

40.91 31.82 18.18 40.91 22.73 27.27 4.54

Emergency

Response:

Introduction to

Emergency

Management and

Demonstration

NDRF Greater

NOIDA

54.54 31.82 9.09 63.64 18.18 13.64

Gender &

Disasters: Group

Exercise

Presentation

Participants

Facilitator:

Prof. Santosh

Kumar

81.82 4.54 4.54 81.82 4.54 4.54

Gender & Disaster

with reference to

Trafficking

Ms. B.

Bhamathi,

Addl. Sec.,

MHA

81.82 9.09 4.54 77.27 4.54 13.64

Disaster Psycho-

Social Care

Dr. Sujata

Satapathy,

NIDM

81.82 9.09 4.54 77.27 13.64 4.54

Dealing with

Complex

Emergencies:

Epidemics

Dr. JK Das,

Dean & Head,

Epidemiology

, NIHFW

45.45 27.27 22.73 22.73 45.45 27.27

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Faculty Feedback of participants

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Excellent Very Good Good Fair Excellent Very Good Good Fair

Assessment for Content Assessment of Presentation

Prof. Santosh Kumar Prof. Santosh Kumar Dr. K J Anandha Kumar

Dr. Satendra, ED NIDM Shri Shekher Chaturvedi, NIDM

Dr. PK Mishra, GSERC

Dr. PK Mishra, GSERC Prof. Santosh Kumar Dr. Shiraz Wajih, GEAG

Prof. Santosh Kumar Prof. Santosh Kumar Visit to IMD

Session by Dr. K. Mohapatra Prof. Santosh Kumar Prof. V. K. Sharma, IIPA

Prof. Santosh Kumar Dr. Amir Ali Khan, NIDM Dr. V. S. Prakash, KSDMC, Bangalore

Ms. C. Bandyopadhyay

Shri Sarabjit Singh Sahota, UNICEF Dr. Surya Parkash, NIDM Prof. Santosh Kumar, NIDM

Dr. Krishna Vatsa, BCPR, UNDP NDRF Greater NOIDA Participants

Facilitator: Prof. Santosh Kumar Ms. B. Bhamathi, Addl. Sec., MHA Dr. Sujata Satapathy, NIDM

Dr. JK Das, Dean & Head, Epidemiology, NIHFW

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Field Visit to Agra & Jaipur

September 24 to 26, 2011

Choice of Places Sight Seeing Transport

arrangements

Guide Stay/ Food E

xce

llen

t

Good

Poor

Exce

llen

t

Good

Poor

Exce

llen

t

Good

Poor

Exce

llen

t

Good

Poor

Exce

llen

t

Good

Poor

81.82 9.09 72.73 13.64 72.73 13.64 63.64 22.73 4.54 31.82 54.54 9.09

Assessment of Content Assessment of Presentation

Exc

elle

nt

Very

G

oo

d

Go

od

Fa

ir

Exc

elle

nt

Very

G

oo

d

Go

od

Fa

ir

Presentation on “Drought Management: Initiatives in Rajasthan” by Department of Disaster Management, Govt. of Rajasthan on September 26, 2011

45.45 36.36 9.09 40.91 31.82 18.18

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Participants’ Reflection

1. “I suggest exercise outside classroom on how to respond may be organized as we saw at NDRF at NOIDA.”.

2. “We learnt a lot and we really are happy for our first visit to India”

3. “It is a great pleasure to attend this important training programme at India and I will deliver to the best of my ability”.

4. “It is of great importance to have this kind of training which I

consider as an eye-opener as far as disaster risk management is concerned”.

5. “Very enriching course and informative that is essential with quite

resourceful presenters”.

6. “Learning from those who know is more productive than learning from those who are informed. This has been the most informative,

very educational ad excellent training”.

7. “Only one observation on the planning of this course – African

issues are developed and the experience of trainer can be very good information which can help NIDM”.

8. “The training was very interesting and was well organised”.

9. “I suggest that aspect of informal learning by including participants

from host country, needs to be incorporated”.

10. “We just say thank you for everything. For sure this training will be helpful for my country. Collaboration between India and

African countries will remain”.

11. “It has been a wonderful experience; learning and having fun at the same time. I would welcome another training programme in

India as soon a possible”.

12. “The course was timely, detailed, interesting. Participants

were fantastic. Would recommend further training to enhance the capacity of the participants not only for the job but also for correct

development. We are grateful”.

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