Teacher Coaching Programme Workshop #2: Social Aspects of Disaster Risk Management

On the 9th of November, a second virtual webinar on Social Aspects of Disaster Risk Management took place with the participation of higher education institution representatives from the countries of the Caucasus region. 

Colleagues from the University of Geneva together with Sustainable Caucasus hold webinars to respond to the growing demand for qualified teaching in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and hazard mapping (DRM-HM) and to contribute to capacity building for instructors in higher education institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia within the project Strengthening the Climate Adaptation Capacities in the South Caucasus: Enhancing regional cooperative action for the benefit of the Caucasus mountain region (SCAC), financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

Anna Scolobig, from the University of Geneva introduced a learning unit focused on the social aspects of DRM including risk awareness, preparedness, and communication. The objective of the unit is to train students to develop their skills and abilities to analyze how people/different groups live with risk and integrate this information in disaster risk management strategies; to analyse and design strategies to increase preparedness and adaptive capacity and to understand and navigate political, economic and social dilemmas, barriers and enablers linked to disaster risk communication. 

During the webinar different tools, methods, and indications for student group work were also provided.