Hydro-climatic Disasters in Water Resources Management, Training course, Guyana. Caribbean waternet, GWP-C
Caribbean WaterNet in collaboration with Global Water Partnership-Caribbean is proposing a Training workshop on Hydro-climatic Disasters in Water Resources Management. This course is another instalment in a series of regional workshops to be delivered by the GWP-C using material developed by Caribbean WaterNet. Hydro-climatic disasters are responsible for serious disruptions to the functioning of a society or community. Increased climatic variability as a result of climate change is expected to heighten hydro- climatic disasters and the communities exposed to them. This course is intended to build the capacity of water managers, disaster managers, NGOs, CBOs and others to address water resources management and disaster risk reduction needs. A complete training package of materials will be provided to participants as a basis for the course and subsequent use by the trainees in their respective communities.
Course Objectives
The main objective of the training course is to empower national communities to build their capacity in an effort to minimize and/ or prevent hydro-climatic disaster losses. The main areas of focus will be to:
• Familiarize participants with the key principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
• Examine the implications of climate change and variability for water resources management.
• Examine the policy, legislation institutional and requirements at the community level to facilitate DRR in IWRM.
• Examine the economics of disasters
• Familiarize participants on emergency response issues.
Expected Outcomes
The expected outcome of the training is the establishment of Community Based Action Groups for Community Communications Centre.
Target Group
This training course is designed for all persons who are interested in water resources management and disaster risk reduction. These persons may be individuals from the public and private sectors, NGOs/CBOs, social scientists, water and wastewater managers, legal practioneers, and staff of local governments.
For further information contact:
Jacob Opadeyi, jopadeyi@hotmail.com
