Shelter and Settlements in Disasters

Kursinhalte
The course is designed to teach students strategies, methods and guidelines promoting sustainability in the shelter response from relief to recovery and reconstruction. Students will be prepared to address shelter and settlements challenges in accordance with local needs and build on local resources.The course will enable students to work with shelter mandated international humanitarian organizations in both natural disasters and complex emergencies.

Lernziele, Trainingsziele
At the end of the course students have acquired strategic and practical knowledge of shelter and settlements policies, methods, tools and procedures in the humanitarian response system and will be prepared to practice these.

Zielpublikum
National and international aid workers, government officials and other professionals interested i disaster management

Qualifikationen
A bachelor\'s degree or equivalent in a relevant field of study (eg. health sciences, social sciences, engineering, etc.) and 2 years of relevant working experience

Lokaler Veranstalter
Copenhagen School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen

Anmerkungen
This ECTS accredited course is organised and executed in close collaboration with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). For more information please see the website: www.mdma.ku.dk/shelter

Frau Helle Trøst Nielsen