The primary objective of the handbook, “Integrating Disaster Risk Management in Local Governance: a Facilitators’ Guide and a Sourcebook for Barangay Disaster Risk Management Training Workshop – the Philippine Experience” (2006) is to provide local government units a guide so that they can push forward the agenda of reducing risks at the community or local [...]
Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) seeks to contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment. The CBDRM Training and Learning Circle (TLC) network has developed this training manual on Integrating Gender into Community Based Disaster Risk Management, to help harness the capacities of both women and men in addressing vulnerable conditions and protecting themselves, their [...]
CBDRM-TLC releases its first newsletter this September 2009. The newsletter highlights the various accomplishments and activites of the TLC program in the Philippines to date since the program started in 2007.
The TLC responds to the ongoing demand for evidence-based, context-specific, up-to-date and applied CBDRM resources / tools for training, education and learning in [...]
The case study “The Institutionalization of Disaster Risk Reduction in Community Development Education: The UP CSWCD Experience” is on the involvement of the College of Social Work and Community Development of the University of the Philippines in CBDRM through its field placement program and integration of 2 new courses on CBDRM and Rebuilding Displaced Communities [...]
The forum “A Conversation on Opportunities and Challenges in Disaster Studies and Research in Philippine Universities and Colleges” was held last ugust 08, 2008, at the College of Social Work and Community Development, University of the Philippines. The forum was one of the activities of the CBDRM Training and Learnign Circle (TLC), and was organized [...]
The training manual “Pagsasanay sa Disaster Preparedness at Contingency Planning” is composed of four modules that were based on the experiences of communities, schools, and the local government units under the project Strengthening Assets and Capacities of Communities and Local Governments for Resilience to Disasters (ACCORD).
The ACCORD Project is funded by the European Commission’s Humanitarian [...]
The publication MAINSTREAMING OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR IN THE PHILIPPINES has three main parts:
Part A: Integrating DRR in the School Curriculum: Project Experience
Part B: Study on Impact of Disasters on the Education Sector
Part C: School Construction: Current Practices and Improvements Needed
The second part of the document (page 32) features the study [...]
The case study on “Developing a Curriculum for a Ladderized Master in Disaster Risk Management Program: Case of the Camarines Sur State Agricultural College, Bicol-Philippines” is first of a series of case studies on “Institutionalizing Disaster Risk Management in Higher Education and Training Institutions” in the Philippines.
The idea of developing a curriculum on Disaster Risk [...]
The theme of the December 2007 issue of Tropical Coasts Newsletter features this article on “Local Knowledge and Practices for Disaster Preparedness” by Lorna P. Victoria of the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) Philippines.
The article focuses how local knowledge and practices can be applied to community-based disaster risk management, and how combining it with scientific [...]
This paper / case study by Mayfourth D. Luneta of the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) Philippines and in partnership with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), is part of the UNISDR publication “Building Disaster Resilient Communities – Good Practices and Lessons Learned” which was developed by the Global Network of NGOs for Disaster Risk [...]
The COPRAP Toolkit comprises tools which were found effective during the course of the Child-Oriented Participatory Risk Assessment and Planning (COPRAP) field work in Barangay Banaba, San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines. In most disaster events, children’s perspective, needs and capacities are most often neglected or taken for granted. Even though children are generally the most vulnerable [...]
The trainor’s manual on “Intergrating Children’s Rights in Barangay Disaster Management and Development” is one of the major outputs of the project “Mainstreaming Child Rights Programming in Community-Based Disaster Management” implemented by the BALAY Rehabilitation Center, Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) Philippines, and Save the Children-UK (SC-UK) in the municipality of Pikit, Central Mindanao in [...]
This paper / case study by Lorna P. Victoria and Jesusa Grace Molina of the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) Philippines and in partnership with Buklod Tao Inc. is part of the UNISDR publication “Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Poverty Reduction: Good Practices and Lessons Learned” which was developed by the Global Network of NGOs [...]
This paper / case study by Lorna P. Victoria of the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) Philippines is part of the UNISDR publication “Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: Good Practices and Lessons Learned from Experiences in the Asia-Pacific Region” which presents a collection of 18 indigenous practices in the communities in the Asia-Pacific region.
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PROMISE-Philippines for Local Preparedness
This Safer Cities 20 Newsletter features the Case Study of Dagupan City illustrates the significance of setting up and operationalizing an early warning system and evacuation plan for flood to draw people together in pursuit of collective action towards building safe and resilient communities.
The Program for Hydro-Meteorological Disaster Mitigation in Secondary Cities [...]
This September 2008 issue of the JICA Newsletter features a story on the applications of the NGO Training on Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia by Jesusa Grace Molina of the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) Philippines (3-14 December 2007, Kobe, Japan). Ms. Molina is one of 86 Filipinos, aged 23 to 35 years old, who [...]
The Report on the CBDRM TLC Facilitators Workshop and TLC Philippines Launching Workshop is based on the 14 December 2007 workshop held at the Asian Institute of Management, Makati City, Philippines. The Community Based Disaster Risk Management Training and Learning Circle (CBDRM TLC) is a network being convened initially with the Center for Disaster Preparedness [...]
The report “Enhancing Capacities through CBDRM – CDP’s 5 Year Report” shows the accomplishments of the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) Philippines till year 2004. CDP endeavored to promote CBDRM, facilitate interactive learning and discourse on disaster risk management, and advocate for policies and programs that protect the environment and mitigate disaster risk through its [...]
New CDP publications and international journals / newsletters featuring articles / case studies from CDP are now online in the publications section:
The report of the "WRITESHOP TO ADDRESS GAPS IN CBDRM - RELATED TRAINING MATERIALS IN THE PHILIPPINES" held last 10-11 September 2008 is now available. Click here to view/download the file (pdf)
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2nd National Community Conference on Disaster Risk Management
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This video is of the CBDRM session in the recently concluded successful learning event, the 5th session of the Global Development Learning Network series on DRM held last June 26. Click here to view the three-part video.
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