UNITAR Hiroshima Training Programme 2020

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Association

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Deadline

20 Oct 2020

Study level

Undergraduate

Opportunity type

Scholarships

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

Applications call for UNITAR Hiroshima Training Programme 2020. UNITAR Womens Leadership: A Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day 2020. UNITAR Hiroshima is launching an online training programme for women in Pacific Ocean SIDS countries, focusing on building resilience and enhancing the security of the region through the inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) approach.

Summary

The Womens Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction is designed to encourage participants to gain knowledge in DRR, including Sendai Framework, Sustainable Development Goals, Gender Responsive DRR, Multi-stakeholder Coalition in DRR, Community Based DRR, etc. and finally to develop an inclusive country DRR Plan that is contextualized for each country with consideration of both natural and biological hazards.

The target audience is 100 passionate women living in or from 14 Pacific SIDS (Cook Islands, Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu). In order to gain insight from a diverse range of stakeholders as well as to effectively reflect the various perspective in DRR planning, participants will be selected from various backgrounds.

Eligibility Criteria

Participants will be selected through an open call for applications based on specific criteria including:

Additional Details

The application process is open to anyone living inside and from the target countries, however, preference will be given to locally situated nationals of the target countries. Pacific SIDS nationals living abroad are encouraged to apply. Moreover, the UNITAR Hiroshima Training Programme will be in English and carried out 100% online, incorporating asynchronous on-demand courses and series of webinars delivered by expert facilitators, through online platforms.

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Provider: UNITAR