18 universities to introduce disaster management course
Monday, 15 November 2010
Sonia H Moni
Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) has signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with the country's 18 public and private universities for introducing disaster management course, its National Project Director Mohammad Abdul Qayyum told the FE.
"The project aims to further reduce Bangladesh's vulnerability to adverse natural and anthropogenic hazards and extreme events, including the devastating potential impacts of climate change.
"We have signed the MoU with a view to creating awareness about the disaster management issue and its necessity among the students of different disciplines and the future policy makers."
He said: "We are trying to introduce the disaster management issue as a separate subject or as part of a course in graduation and post-graduation in the universities and we will provide assistance to those who are interested to pursue MPhil or PhD on this issue."
BRAC University, a private university, introduced disaster management as a masters course more than two years back and Dhaka University introduced it as a two-year graduate programme more than a year ago.
Mr Qayyum expressed the hope that all the public and private universities would introduce the disaster management course separately or partially."
CDMP has also started introducing the disaster management issue at college level.
Recently CDMP and Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) organised a workshop to develop curriculum on disaster management issue.
CDMP phase II (2010-2014) is a vertical and horizontal expansion of its Phase I activities designed on the basis of the achievements, lessons learned and the strong foundation laid during CDMP phase I by continuing the processes initiated, deriving actions from the lessons learned, utilising knowledge resources generated and knowledge products published.
The approach of CDMP II is to channel support through government and development partners, civil society and NGOs into a people-oriented disaster management and risk reduction partnership.
Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) has signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with the country's 18 public and private universities for introducing disaster management course, its National Project Director Mohammad Abdul Qayyum told the FE.
"The project aims to further reduce Bangladesh's vulnerability to adverse natural and anthropogenic hazards and extreme events, including the devastating potential impacts of climate change.
"We have signed the MoU with a view to creating awareness about the disaster management issue and its necessity among the students of different disciplines and the future policy makers."
He said: "We are trying to introduce the disaster management issue as a separate subject or as part of a course in graduation and post-graduation in the universities and we will provide assistance to those who are interested to pursue MPhil or PhD on this issue."
BRAC University, a private university, introduced disaster management as a masters course more than two years back and Dhaka University introduced it as a two-year graduate programme more than a year ago.
Mr Qayyum expressed the hope that all the public and private universities would introduce the disaster management course separately or partially."
CDMP has also started introducing the disaster management issue at college level.
Recently CDMP and Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) organised a workshop to develop curriculum on disaster management issue.
CDMP phase II (2010-2014) is a vertical and horizontal expansion of its Phase I activities designed on the basis of the achievements, lessons learned and the strong foundation laid during CDMP phase I by continuing the processes initiated, deriving actions from the lessons learned, utilising knowledge resources generated and knowledge products published.
The approach of CDMP II is to channel support through government and development partners, civil society and NGOs into a people-oriented disaster management and risk reduction partnership.