Enclosed are the teaching notes for the PDRM Topic TC 07 (Complex Emergencies/Crises & Case Studies). A Zoom teaching session on this will take place on Wednesday 4th October at 5pm (Perth time), which is 8pm Melbourne time. These Topic TC 07 notes are part on the online PDRM program, running from the end of […]
Enclosed are the teaching notes for the PDRM Topic TC 06 (Risk Management). A Zoom teaching session on this will take place on Thursday 31st August at 6pm (Perth time), which is 8pm Melbourne time. There is a close relationship between the information covered in Topic TC 05 last week, with this week’s material in […]
Enclosed are the teaching notes for the PDRM Topic 05 (The Ten Seed Technique {TST} Ranking Tool). A Zoom teaching session on this will take place on Thursday 24th August at 6pm (Perth time), which is 8pm Melbourne time. There is a close relationship between the information covered in Topic 5, and next week’s material […]
Enclosed are the teaching notes for the PDRM Topic 04 (Global Natural Disaster Trends & Case Studies). A Zoom teaching session on this will take place on Thursday 17th August at 6pm (Perth time), which is 8pm Melbourne time. These Topic 04 notes are part on the online PDRM program, running from the end of […]
Enclosed are the teaching notes for the PDRM Topic 03 (Humanitarian Standards & Codes of Conduct). A Zoom teaching session on this will take place on Thursday 10th August at 6pm (Perth time), which is 8pm Melbourne time. These Topic 03 notes are part on the online PDRM program, running from the end of July […]
Enclosed are the teaching notes for the PDRM Topic 02 (Humanitarian Attributes & Competencies). A Zoom teaching session on this will take place on Thursday 3rd August at 6pm (Perth time), which is 8pm Melbourne time. These Topic 02 notes are part on the online PDRM program, running from the end of July through to […]
Welcome to the online PDRM program. Follow the link below to the Teaching Notes for Topic 1. These were covered in the teaching Zoom session held at 6pm Perth time (8pm Melbourne time) on Thursday 27th July 2023. A follow-up Cloud and Vimeo recording of this was provided the following day. The link to the […]
The online accredited PDRM program commences the 24th July 2023, with Topic 1 (Key DRM Diagrams & Issues) being taught that week. This topic includes four key diagrams which help explain DRM/humanitarian work, as well as a number of humanitarian-related maps.
An increasingly likely el Nino-related weather event in the second half of 2023 will result in higher than normal possibilities of drought to the Southwest Pacific nations, as well as above-normal drought and potential bushfire conditions to parts of the Australian eastern seaboard. TorqAid has a rich mix of Participatory Disaster Risk Management (PDRM) field and training experience in these geographical areas, and is able to offer targeted PDRM training to interested stakeholders over the July-October 2023 period.
Following the two Turkish earthquakes of the 6th Feb 2023, TorqAid has prepared its customised Humanitarian & Development Bibliography and Agency Directory to provide a toolkit of useful resources for the humanitarian practitioner on the ground. The Agency Directory highlights ReliefWeb and ACAPS as key resources, together with BBC and Al-Jazeera news services. The Bibliography also highlights earthquake lessons learnt from both ALNAP and DEC articles. The Turkish earthquakes are now covered as the main complex emergency/crisis case study (the other being Ukraine) in the 2023 PDRM training program.