Mini-MBA in INTERNATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT

The Masterclass Modules listed below constitute a post-graduate certificate designed for anyone involved in managing crises and disasters at national and international level ... not just emergency planners,  disaster managers, humanitarian advisers and cluster coordinators, but politicians, civil servants, military & civil defence officers, mayors and diplomats.

The course is based on the successful 'International Disaster Management' program developed for Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs. Contents include introductions to:

1. RISK

1. Disaster Management
2. Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai Framework, Risk Drivers)
3. Disaster Risk Management (Calculus-of-Calamity)
4. Disaster Management Cycle (Reduction-Resilience-Readiness-Response-Recovery-Reconstruction)
5. Humanitarian Coordination
6. Risk Factors & Indicators (Metrics of Mayhem)
7. Disaster Risk Perception (Communications, Heuristics, Bias)

2. HAZARD

1. Hazard Categories, Types & Impacts (Meteorological, Hydrological, Seismic, Non-Terrestrial, Political, Technological)
2. Early Warning Systems

3. PLANNING

1. Humanitarian Affairs (Principles, Standards, Accountability, Law)
2. Disaster Economics (Health Economics, Value-for-Money)
3. International Health (inc. Sectoral Indicators)
4. Disaster Epidemiology (Trends, Statistics, Surveys)
5. Disaster Politics
6. Disaster Justice (inc. Climate loss & damage)
7. Behavioural Psychology & Bias (inc. Disaster Dissonance)
8. Consensus Management (inc. Voting)
9. Program Cycle
10. Strategic Planning (Theory-of-Change, SWOT, Logframe)
11. Leadership (Decision-Making, Negotiation, Communications)
12. Business Continuity
13. Resource Mobilisation
14. Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment & Learning

4. RESPONSE

1. Architecture (National Incident Management Systems + L3 International Responses)
2. International Aspects (Stakeholders, Roles & Responsibilities, Multi-Culturalism)
3. Support Services (UNOSAT, ACAPS, CashCap, GenCap etc)
4. Humanitarian Coordination (Cluster Approach, Area-Based/Sectoral/Thematic)
5. Coordination Failures (Ambiguity and Barriers to Engagement)
6. Business Administration (Media Relations, Hiring & Firing etc)
7. Meeting Management
8. Performance Management
9. Information Management (GIS Mapping, 4W Matrix, KPI Dashboard)
10. Needs Assessment (MIRA, EMMA, PDNA)
11. Gap, Capacity, Vulnerability & Resilience Assessment & Analysis
12. Operations (Logistics, Unsolicited Donations, Security)
13. First Response (UNDAC, EMTs, Field Hospitals, Search & Rescue)
14. Technology & AI
15. Cash & Voucher Assistance

 "The (Fordham) course was useful to get a better understanding of themes and concepts in disaster management that are relevant to my work as a Disaster Risk Reduction practitioner." (Jakub Smutny, DRM/climate resilience adviser, WFP-Cambodia)

 "As a humanitarian, this course added a whole new field of interest for me. You don't want to miss it!" (Helen Lederer, IIHA Graduate, December 2024)