Venue: Stellenbosch University
Dates: 29 June–3 July 2015 (Winter) or 17–21 November (Summer)
The course, conducted biannually, focuses on strengthening community-based risk assessment capabilities in disaster-prone informal settlements. The course gives priority to assessing household and community risks using a range of participatory methods as well as other quantitative and spatial risk-related data. It is useful and relevant to disaster management practitioners working in at-risk communities, local councilors/political leaders. However, the course is equally important for development practitioners, as well as those concerned with capacity-building, poverty reduction or sustainable development.
Key Content Areas:
- Role of CRA in development planning/ risk reduction
- Principles, practice and ethics of CRA
- Introduction to critical data sources for assessing risk
- Capturing and mapping spatial data using GPS
- Introduction to participatory CRA methods
- Conducting a preliminary scoping exercise
- Applied CRA: Fieldwork in an informal settlement
- Effective analysis/consolidation of CRA findings
- Effective communication of CRA findings
For more information, please contact: Mrs Wilma Roux
Email: wmr@sun.ac.za
Tel: +27 (0)21 808 9285; Fax: +27 (0)21 882-8469
