Deadline- 20 May 2013
Applications are invited for 8th International Training Programme on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage organized under United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The Training will be conducted in Kyoto, Kobe, Tohoku (Japan) from 7 to 21 September 2013.
This Training Program will focus on policies and planning measures for mitigating risks to cultural heritage from multiple hazards such as earthquakes, floods, landslides and fires, especially in rapidly urbanizing context of developing countries. Special techniques for mitigating risks from earthquakes and fires will also be highlighted besides policies, planning and design interventions for long term restoration and rehabilitation of cultural heritage following disaster through a special workshop in the area affected by the Great East Japan Disaster in 2011.
Objectives-
- Undertake an integrated risk assessment by analyzing the vulnerability of cultural heritage to disasters risks
- Build an integrated system for disaster risk management of cultural heritage, incorporating mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery measures
- Formulate risk management plans for cultural heritage that correspond to the urban and regional disaster management plans and policies
- Establish an international scientific support network for risk management of cultural heritage in order to build the institutional capacity needed to formulate comprehensive risk management plans that are based on the characteristics of cultural heritage and nature of hazards in the regional context
Eligibility & Criteria-
- Total number of eight participants from developing countries would be selected for this course, which would include four participants from disaster management or relevant fields and four participants from cultural heritage conservation field. The course organizers shall bear all the necessary costs for the participation of selected participants from developing countries.
- Four Participants from developed countries will also be selected.
- It is expected that the participants from the cultural heritage field as well as disaster management field would work together during the course.
- Each participant will select one case study site in his or her own country. The cultural heritage site should be vulnerable to one or more natural hazards such as earthquake and/or fire and/or flood and /or landslide.
- It would be preferable if the participant is attached to a cultural heritage or disaster management department/organization/university, through which knowledge gained during the course can be disseminated at local/national or regional level.
- The working language of the course will be English. Proficiency in the written and spoken English is an essential prerequisite for participation.
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