The Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is a practical 3 day workshop, which, when combined with follow-up assignment, is an accredited training course with both the Masters/Graduate Diploma development studies courses as offered by the Deakin, RMIT and Murdoch universities, as well as the Masters in Emergency Management at Charles Sturt University (CSU). 

After some introductory comments on Disaster Risk Management (DRM), the DRM then focuses in on key aspects of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Emergency Management, and Recovery.  It includes various DRM case studies, for example the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami; the 2008 Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar; and the Feb 2009 Victorian Bushfires.  There is also a strong emphasis on DRR, this including the links between DRR and Security & Good Governance; Economic & Social Development; Food & Water Security; Environmental Sustainability/Climate Change Adaptation; and appropriate DRM initiatives.

Over the past few years, 20 DRM workshops have been facilitated in Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, PNG, South Africa, Madagascar and the UK.  Press here for the list of over 100 organisations which have attended some of these workshops. From 2010, these DRM are being facilitated by the Foundation for Development Coooperation (FDC) - see www.fdc.org.au instead of TorqAid.  Details of these workshops are summarised below: 

• Perth, WA                            :            16-18th Feb 2010.  Press here for brochure of this
• Singapore                              :            16-18th March
• Port Moresby, PNG                 :            22nd - 24th June
• Dhaka, Bangladesh                 :            20th - 23rd Sept (includes a day's field visit to River Jamuna)
• Istanbul, Turkey                    :            28-30th Sept
• Brisbane, Queensland             :            19th-21st October
• Melbourne, Victoria                :            30th Nov - 3rd Dec (includes a day's field visit to bushfire affected areas)

For more information on these courses please contact either Chris Piper on  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it the FDC Senior Training Coordinator & Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Specialist, or Ms Sherry Chen, the FDC Administrative Officer on + 61 (0)7 32172924 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it