4 Topics
5 Days
22 Sessions
Programme Overview
Training Description
- Disaster risk reduction and disaster management professionals
- Emergency response and crisis management officers
- Emergency operations centre personnel
- ICT and information systems professionals
- Humanitarian response practitioners
- Emergency communications specialists
- Government and local government disaster management officials
- GIS and geospatial professionals
- Data analysts and information management officers
- Early warning and early action specialists
- Search and rescue and emergency services personnel
- Police, fire, ambulance, and civil protection personnel
Session Objectives
- After the course, participants will be able to: Assess the opportunities and challenges in the use of technology to respond to disasters Integrating humanitarian approaches and development with technological strategies Learn to manage and operate software platforms and technological tools in disaster response Develop strategies to solve challenges during disasters using technological platforms Develop self awareness and confidence in the use of maps, mobile technologies and social media
About the Course
The Digital Technologies for Disaster Response and Emergency Management Training equips participants with practical knowledge and skills to use information and communication technologies to improve disaster preparedness, emergency coordination, response operations, information management, and recovery.Through practical exercises, simulations, case studies, and scenario-based activities, participants will develop the ability to select and apply appropriate digital tools for different disaster scenarios. Emphasis is placed on integrating ICT into existing disaster preparedness plans, emergency operations centres, incident management systems, and humanitarian response frameworks.By the end of the workshop, participants will be better equipped to use technology to strengthen situational awareness, coordination, communication, operational efficiency, evidence-based decision-making, and resilience throughout the disaster management cycle.
Curriculum & Topics
4 Topics | 22 Sessions
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Workshop 1.1:
The Power of the Crowd: Digitizing the Response
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Workshop 1.2:
Information Overload: Verification, Analysis, and Decision Making in Real-Time
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Workshop 1.3:
How Case studies on the use of Social Media in Response to the Earthquake in Haiti, Nepal and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
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Workshop 1.4:
Tools: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tomnod, AIDR
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Workshop 1.5:
Tools collaborative Mapping in a crisis
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Workshop 2.1:
Distinguishing between Ushahidi and Open Street Map
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Workshop 2.2:
Maps for disaster response
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Workshop 2.3:
Damage mapping with Open Street Map (with examples from the Haiti, West Africa, Philippines and - hopefully - Nepal)
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Workshop 2.4:
Online Mapping without a Mobile Internet Connection
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Workshop 2.5:
Crowdsourcing Remote Mapping and Image Identification
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Workshop 2.6:
Tools: OpenStreetMap, Ushahidi, TomNod, FieldPapers
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Workshop 2.7:
ICT tools for tracing and restoring family links
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Workshop 3.1:
Field data collection using Mobile Devices
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Workshop 3.2:
SMS Campaigns for Early Warning and Crisis Prevention
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Workshop 3.3:
Smartphones and Apps for Disaster Response
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Workshop 3.4:
Using Secondary Data to Track Population Movements
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Workshop 3.5:
Tools: ODK, Kobo Toolkit, TextIt, Magpi, FrontlineSMS
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Workshop 4.1:
Roles of Drones play in Humanitarian Emergencies
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Workshop 4.2:
Utilization of the Web for De-Centralized Disaster Response
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Workshop 4.3:
The Responsibility to Protect Data - How NGOs can Protect Sensitive Information
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Workshop 4.4:
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Workshop 4.5:
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