Greetings from Down Under
It was good meeting John Twigg during my recent visit to Europe in
September. Good luck to you, Philip, in taking over this coordination role
of Philip's.
Just to let you know that in Down Under we have been teaching Disaster Risk
Management (DRM) as part of the AID 724 Unit for Deakin University's
distance education graduate program in International & Community Development
(ICD) - see www.deakin.edu.au/arts/postgrad for more details. The ICD
program is Australia's oldest, largest and we think, best, development
studies course in the country.
I actually both teach part-time at Deakin on the ICD program, but also work
as an aid practitioner/consultant, with my company TorqAid
(www.torqaid.com), with DRM and training being a couple of my specialities.
You might want to look at the Australian Development Gateway website to see
details of two forthcoming DRM workshops I will be facilitating in
Afghanistan (7-9 dec) and S.Africa (1-3 Feb) over the coming months. See
www.developmentgatewa.com.au/jahia/Jahia/lang/en/pid/175 for these
details...
I have an interesting two page summary (in point form) on the key principles
and issues relating to the development of Disaster Risk Management Plans
(DRMPs), as well as a one-pager on the key aspects to consider in a DRMP.
I'm happy to share these with people who are interested.
Please note my email is [log in to unmask]
Cheers
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Wisner" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 4:34 AM
Subject: Re: Natural Hazards List
> We all owe a tremendous vote of thanks to John for managing the list so
well for so long!
>
> ... and welcome, Philip! As you see, it isn't a "thankless" task, but it
is, a grind, and I appreciate your generosity in taking on the job.
>
> All the best,
>
> BEN
>
> Dr. Ben Wisner
> Oberlin College
>
> Philip Buckle wrote:
>
> > All
> >
> > As from today I have taken over the 'administration' of this hazards
list. I'll do my best to maintain the standard that John Twigg set in his
management. When I'm fully comfortable with the technical aspects of the
list I'll suggest some issues and directions we might follow.
> >
> > In the meantime - in fact at any time - I'm open to suggestions and
ideas.
> >
> > I know that for most of us there is an increasing amount of information
we have to deal with but it seems to me that through networks such as this
the sharing of information can expedite searches and exchanges which might
otherwise take up more of our time.
> >
> > I want to thank John for his time and effort and work in developing and
sustaining this list. He's done a great job.
> >
> > Philip Buckle
> > Centre for Disaster Management
> > Coventry University
> > [log in to unmask]
> > [log in to unmask]
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