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 Management came with a sense of urgency to meet the demands for addressing disaster cases that abound the Bicol region. The sad experiences that Bicol had since the 70’s with Typhoon Sining and the most recent disaster cases due to Typhoon Milenyo and Reming in 2006, which brought tremendous risks and disasters to the human populace in the Region, triggered the academe to rethink what the country is currently doing to manage risks brought about by disastrous events, hence the curriculum.

Publishing the series of case studies is an initiative of the CBDRM Training and Learning Circle (TLC). One of its outcomes is to form a workgroup and develop a guideline for institutionalizing Community Based Disaster Risk Management in universities and training institutions in Asia. The CBDRM Training and Learning Circle (TLC) exists to strengthen and facilitate the crucial nterface betweek training and education for Community Based Disaster Risk Managemnent (CBDRM) in the Philippines, through ongoing knowledge exchange cycle between community-based organizations, training institutions and universities across the country.

The case study can be downloaded here.

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