Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Overview
Disaster is inevitable. It can loom any time without signs or warning. The world experienced recent major disasters, changes in the humanitarian field, health pandemics, wars and climate change which all have major impact on business operations and economies at global scale. A a holistic approach to emergencies, disasters and crisis management is needed to substantially reduce losses.
The COVID-19 has unsparingly devastated businesses, governments and global economies at large. There is need for stakeholders to be equipped with recovery strategies as well as be prepared to tackle any future pandemics that may arise so as to minimise the impact thereof. ATI has unveiled a course that is tailormade to empower governments, NGOs and private organisations among others to stay prepared and get pre-equipped for sudden disasters as well as how to recover and continue their businesses, post disaster.
Emergency and response operations to deal with the consequences of disasters are important. There is need for capacity to assess, mitigate and reduce risks beforehand to sustainably recover. Frameworks such as Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015), the Sendai Framework (2015-2030) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (2016-2030) will be essential.
Risk reduction needs to underpin and guide decisions in Preparedness, Response and Recovery planning and programmes. ATI is offering a programme, based on the above philosophy.
Target Audience
Concerned personnel in governments.
Non-Governmental Organisations international.
Civil society organisations
The program is relevant to a wide range of professionals among them economists.
Environmental officers.
Safety & Health officers.
Quality experts.
Risk managers.
Engineers.
Doctors.
Nurses.
Military officers.
Social scientists.
Logisticians.
Journalists.
Key decision makers. This means a broad array of people working in national authorities.
International organisations.
Public services (civil.
Environmental protection.
Health.
Energy.
Water).
Humanitarian organisations can benefit from this program.
Course Outcome
• Upon completing this training programme, the delegates should be able to:
• Excise fundamental knowledge on various preparedness strategies.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the nature, typology and dynamics of vulnerability.
• Show practical understanding of the factors affecting and leading to vulnerability not only on a local level but also those emanating from structural global processes.
• Understand the complex connections and interaction between hazards and vulnerabilities and how risk is contextually configured.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the central role of disaster related health impacts.
• Understand the various recovery strategies and continuity strategies thereto.
• Identify the main actors in risk and disaster management and understand their impact in the field and be aware of the sectors (Health, WASH, Shelter, Nutrition,) and related areas.
• Understand coordination, information management, operations and logistics for disaster response.
• Considerations in regional and local planning for emergency disaster preparedness and response, International collaboration for preparedness and response with a focus on the Cluster System.
• Implementation of disaster preparedness and response plans and their limitations.
• Be conversant with potential Pitfalls.
• Identify the right tools and techniques for Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment concentrating on use, characteristics and caution measures.