Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka
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The Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies (IDMVS) is a non-profit academic and research institute for encouraging, sponsoring and promoting multi-disciplinary basic and action research aimed at burgeoning and sharing the comprehensive knowledge on the vulnerabilities of disaster affected people of global order specially the women, men, children, disabled, indigenous communities, minorities, disadvantaged and destitute of developing world including Bangladesh. The institute will also ventilate the research activities, develop policy planning in disaster field and will assess its implementation in a more meaningful way. It will primarily act as an academic and research institute to share the disaster and vulnerability related experiences and knowledge sharing. Moreover, it will involve in policy implications for the policy planners and decision-makers. One of the visions of the institute is the inclusion of disaster in policy agenda to ensure equality in socio-economic, legal and political spheres leading to distributive justice in addressing the disasters and vulnerabilities. It may be mentioned that for conducting, sharing and facilitating disaster related knowledge, experiences and skills, the Department of Sociology has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) of Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (MoFDM) on 4th December, 2008. Soon after signing the MoU, the Department of Sociology has introduced the CDMP assisted (both financial and technical) programs on disaster management in the areas of certificate course, post-graduate diploma course, workshop for facilitating disaster related knowledge, and grant for conducting research by post graduate students. Moreover, as per scope of the MoU, the Department of Sociology has taken the initiative to introduce Professional Post Graduate Master Programme in Disaster Management.
Teaching at the Centre for Disaster and Vulnerability Studies
The teaching at the Centre provides application-oriented form of advanced education, linking teaching to applied research. This teaching combines a number of methods to achieve the learning objectives of the programmes. The two primary methods are classroom teaching, such as lectures. Seminars, and tutorials and assigned reading. Others include essay writing. Workshops, teamwork, study visits and computer-practice. Where the subject matter is suitable, less traditional approaches such as audio-visual techniques and role simulation are used. Research work involves research seminars, bibliographic exercises. Internet search exercises and reviews of research designs and drafts. The overall goal is to provide students with the opportunity to critically compare theory and conceptual approaches on the one hand and practice on the other, and to introduce and discuss their own experience. The following programmes are offered.
• Master of Disaster Management (MDM)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management (PGDDM)
• Five weeks Post-Graduate Diploma Certificate course in Disaster Management
Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP)
National Disaster Management Advisory Committee, Bangladesh
UNDP, Bangladesh
GPDRR
UNDRR
Dr. Khondoker Mokaddem Hossain
Dr. Mahbuba Nasreen
http://www.univdhaka.edu
http://www.du.ac.bd
* Providing policy supports to government
* Research, knowledge sharing
* Collaboration with other institutions
* Workshop on 'Mapping Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives in Bangladesh'
* Through education, training and research
* Input on DRR methodology
Organized round table meetings (RTM):
* 22 May, 2012: on IDDR theme 'Women and Girls-The Invisible Force of Resilience'
* 9th September 2012: “Integration of strong Gender Perspectives in the HFA report of Bangladesh”
* 16 January, 2013: International Seminar on 'Frontiers of Climate Change'
* Input to Global Progress Report on HFA
* Input to CCA-DRR nexus in GoB
* Training and research in DRR & post recovery & Rehab
* Included DRR issues in Primary education text book
* Policy, technical and institutional capacity mechanisms
* Gender sensitive curriculum, plans and programmes
* Emergency response and support
* Act as think tank for the government & other org
* Disseminate knowledge and information on DRR
* Published book on 'Women and Girls: Vulnerable or Resilient?'
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.