[searcabic] ANNOUNCEMENT: SEARCA Invites Participants to International Training on Responding to Changing Climate

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*Posted 03 May 2009*

*SEARCA INVITES PARTICIPANTS TO INTERNATIONAL TRAINING ON RESPONDING TO
CHANGING CLIMATE* <http://www.searca.org/web/news/2009/apr/web/28.html>
*by Mayla H. Viray, Training Department, SEARCA
28-April-2009 SEARCA Training News Release*

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in
Agriculture (SEARCA) <http://www.searca.org/> with Southeast Asian Ministers
of Education and Organization Regional Training Center (SEAMEO RETRAC) and
Environment and Economy Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) invites
participants to its *2nd International Training on Responding to Changing
Climate: Knowledge-based Strategies in Managing Risks in Agriculture and
Environment*. This will be held on 11-15 May 2009 at SEAMEO RETRAC, Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam.

SEARCA will accept up to 25 government planners and technical staff involved
in agriculture and rural development, in natural resource management, and in
disaster and risk management at the national, regional and local levels,
researchers and practitioners from centers of excellence engaged in
sustainable agriculture, representatives and staff of regional or national
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who are actively involved in
sustainable agriculture and community-based disaster and risk management
(DRM). It aims to provide a venue to gain better understanding and discuss
the factors that determine the vulnerability of the different sectors of
society. It will also guide the participants to prepare an action plan on
risk management that can be applied in their respective contexts.

• The training topics include:
• Concepts and source of risks;
• Framework for risk analysis, hazards and vulnerability;
• Systematic approaches to risk analysis and measures of risks;
• Managing risks due to climate variability;
• Analysis of risks due to climate variability and delineation of vulnerable
or risky areas;
• Hydrologic frequency analysis/vulnerable areas to floods and droughts;
• Risks due to extreme weather events;
• Seasonal climate forecasts and crop production;
• Risks in rice crop production due to climate variability;
• Managing risks in rice production systems in Southeast Asia;
• Economic impacts and valuation of climate risks;
• Economic valuation techniques and cases;
• Climatic and socio-economic risks in aquaculture;
• Elements of strategic framework plan for managing risks;
• Community-based disaster and risk management;
• Identification of issues, challenges, constraints, and solutions;
• Gender dimension of risk management;
• Mobilizing and using local resources in risk management; and
• Development of local plan for management risks;

Resource persons include: Dr. Felino P. Lansigan and Dr. Maria Helen F. Dayo
of the University of the Philippines Los Baños as lead experts, with Dr.
Pete Bueno of the International Organization of the Network of Aquaculture
Centers in Asia-Pacific (NACA), Dr. Herminia A. Francisco of Environment and
Economy Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), Dr. Orapan Nabangchang of
EEPSEA, and Dr. Reinier Wassman of the International Rice Research
Institute.

Participation in this training is on a fee basis at US$850 per participant.
This covers the cost of tuition, full board and lodging, training materials,
field trip and airport transfers. Participants may also opt to avail of a
live-out training rate of US$600, which covers only the cost of tuition,
lunch and snacks during the training, training materials and field trip.

Additional information and forms may be further accessed at:
http://www.searca.org/web/training/courses/2009/climate_change2/.

For details/queries, please contact Ms. Mayla H. Viray, Training Specialist,
thru email (mhv at agri.searca.org) or call (+63-49) 536-2283/5362290 loc 40.

Downloads:
Registration Form<http://www.searca.org/web/e_library/event_materials/ClimateChange2_reg_form.pdf>
Programme<http://www.bic.searca.org/events/2009/climatechange/Programme.pdf>
Expression of Interest<http://www.searca.org/web/e_library/event_materials/ClimateChange2_EOI.pdf>

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