Global online certificate in disaster management
24.07.2015
Globally, disasters are on the increase, impacting communities and nations with grave social and economic consequences and threatening the survival, dignity and livelihoods of the vulnerable sections of their populations. Shifting socio-economic situations, unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation, climate variability and change, geological hazards, competition for scarce natural resources and the threat of epidemics are factors that compound the impact of disasters.
It is in this context that The International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Tata Institute for Social Sciences (TISS), India have jointly initiated a global online certificate course in disaster management. It is an innovative and collaborative initiative. Since the initiation of the programme in April 2013, participants from more than 50 different countries spread all over the world have enrolled for the IFRC-TISS Certificate Course in Disaster Management in last five cohorts.
The application process for Cohort VI is currently underway. Interested applicants can visit the IFRC-TISS website for more details at http://ifrc.tiss.edu
Applications must be submitted by 23 August 2015 for Cohort VI, which will start on 21 September 2015.
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