4.0 Increasing DRR Competency

To upskill key staff and stakeholders in DRR to help in the development and implementation of the Action Plan.

Activities

• Provide staff with access to specialist training, e.g. through university courses,training programmes, annual DRR seminars.
• Visit other locations to observe DRR activities and examples of Action Planimplementation.
• Provide access to the StIRRRD library of presentations, conference proceedings,and papers.
• Universities should be improving their own capacity and provide support andresources to local government and key stakeholders.

Activity Resources and Instruments

• Study visits
• Specialist training
• StIRRRD library of presentations, conference proceedings and papers
• Local University training and DRR research centres

Outputs

• Action Plan DRAFT Version 2
• DRR research centres

Case study examples

• Base isolation training
• RiskScape training
• Hazard and Risk 101
• NZ study visit 1 and visit 2
• Activity seminar 1 and seminar 2
• UNRAM Centre for Disaster Management