News
A Master's Degree Program WATER-RELATED RISK
MANAGEMENT
We have launched a new Master's Degree Program "Water-related
Risk Management Course of Disaster Management Policy Program",
on the occasion of this year's International Day for Natural
Disaster Reduction which falls on 10th of October.
It is a one-year program jointly organized by ICHARM and the
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) supported
by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The inauguration
ceremony of the program was held at ICHARM on the 4th of October.
Eleven students from Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Philippines
and Japan will participate in the first year.
Utilizing the synergy of a large number of experts in water
and water-related disaster management, we aim to respond to
an urgent need of a community of experts and professionals,
particularly in developing countries through this program which
is the first of its kind in the world. The unique feature of
this program is to train professionals who would be able to
blend state-of-the-art technology with societal needs and expectations
so that they would, in time, be able to demonstrate to the policy
makers the importance of disaster management in national planning.
This program is also a contribution to the United Nations (UN)
Decade for Education and Sustainable Development (DESD) 2005-2014.
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