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Training Course On Gis For Disaster Risk Management

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Upcoming Training Schedules 14 locations
Location Duration Next Start Date Dates Available Action
Nairobi, Kenya 5 days Jul 13, 2026 104 dates
Accra, Ghana 5 days Jul 27, 2026 31 dates
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 5 days Aug 24, 2026 31 dates
Cape Town, South Africa 5 days Jul 27, 2026 52 dates
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 5 days Aug 31, 2026 26 dates
Dubai, UAE 5 days Jul 13, 2026 52 dates
Istanbul, Turkey 5 days Jul 13, 2026 16 dates
Kampala, Uganda 5 days Sep 21, 2026 31 dates
Kigali, Rwanda 5 days Aug 24, 2026 52 dates
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5 days Jul 27, 2026 31 dates
Mombasa, Kenya 5 days Aug 10, 2026 52 dates
Pretoria, South Africa 5 days Jul 13, 2026 52 dates
Singapore 5 days Jul 13, 2026 31 dates
Zanzibar, Tanzania 5 days Jul 20, 2026 16 dates

INTRODUCTION

Disaster risk information is spatial in nature and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play an important role in disaster risk assessment and management. For this, there is a significant need to create awareness among the disaster management professionals regarding the importance of GIS usage.

DURATION

5 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is intended for various actors in the Agriculture Extension (Agricultural extension officers, senior agricultural officials and policy makers) working with communities, in governments, funding agencies, Public Health Officers, Research organizations and non-government organizations among others for Agriculture support activities and other Development programmes.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

·         Define and describe basic concepts and terminology related to geospatial information technology

·         Explain the advantages and limitations of using geospatial information in disaster risk reduction

·         Apply basic methods and functionalities of GIS software (ESRI ArcGIS) to produce geographic information

·         Identify, access, search, collect, organize and analyze geospatial data relevant to disaster risk reduction

·         Produce basic maps using GIS Software

·         Apply GIS methods for disaster risk assessment and disaster risk reduction planning

 TOPICS TO BE COVERED

·         Introduction to GIS

·         Basic concepts of GIS

·         Introduction to spatial information

·         Handling spatial information

·         Disaster assessment

·         Risk evaluation

·         Spatial planning

REQUIREMENTS

Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. 

METHODOLOGY

The instructor led trainings are a mixture of adult learning methodologies such as interactive lectures, discussion sessions and group exercises. A mini-project will additionally allow participants to practice GIS application in their own situation of selected hazard type and disaster management phase. Participants can bring their own dataset to the practice in the course, if they have any.

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