Disaster Clinic

What is Disaster Clinic?  Disaster Clinics are informal group sessions or conferences  Offering counsel or instruction in specific fields, activities and issues concerning disaster.  Disaster Clinic will create a common platform for the disaster practitioners  Interact and share personal thoughts, views, newer ideas, experiences, etc. and  Enhance professional capacity of the disaster practitioners.

How NIRAPAD is involved with it?

Network for Information, Response And Preparedness Activities on Disaster - NIRAPAD is “Knowledge Management Network” Focus on Three Areas;  Knowledge Management ₋ Disaster situation analysis ₋ Support global initiatives (SPHERE, HAP, ECB) ₋ Maintaining resource archives ₋ Research and publications NIRAPAD

 Technical support DRR and CCA ₋ Training event and resource- module, handbook & handout ₋ Develop SOP, strategy and procedures  Partnership & Collaboration ₋ Reputation (Goodwill) and branding ₋ Value addition in disaster and CC knowledge ₋ Promoting and demonstrating accountability ₋ Support event management NIRAPAD

NIRAPAD involve in Clinic  NIRAPAD study and research tried to explore, identify, learn and document interesting facts and evidence, knowledge gaps, new approach, etc.  NIRAPAD learning process look at disaster and other disaster contributing factors from a different dimension, which possibly might add a little momentum to the holistic DRM effort.  NIRAPAD wishes to expand its experiences and knowledge amongst the practitioners and stakeholders through Disaster Clinic.

What is the purpose and objective of the Clinic? Purpose  To contribute in generation, re-generation and expansion process of disaster related knowledge; Objectives  Creating a common platform for the disaster practitioners to interact and share thoughts and idea;  To enhance professional capacity of the disaster practitioners  To Document the existing learning and experiences

What is the process of conducting Disaster clinic?  The discussion topics for the Disaster Clinics are selected through a collaborative approach  Relevant organizations and individuals can facilitate and collaborate with the conduction process  These clinics will be conducted both in English and Bengali  All relevant reading materials and documents will be electronically transferred to all the participants.  NIRAPAD wishes to organize at least one Disaster Clinic each month.

Who are the stakeholders and participants?  Practitioners and stakeholder belonging to the field or disaster are the initial target participants.  However students, researchers, media personals and private sector can also participate in the clinic.

What are the topics & discussions?  Disaster and vulnerability through peoples perspective  Climate change and disaster risk  Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction  Transformation of management system and National Disaster risk reduction model  Accountability in Humanitarian Interventions  Women leadership in Disaster Risk Management

What is the process of documentation and sharing?  A report on each clinic will be generated and circulated by NIRAPAD.

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