Basics of Capacity Development for Disaster Risk Reduction

Publication language
English
Pages
32pp
Date published
01 Jan 2012
Type
Programme/project reviews
Keywords
Capacity development, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster risk reduction, National & regional actors

Following on from this introductory chapter, chapter two outlines some fundamentals of capacity development including the key definitions used. Chapter three presents five considerations concerning capacity and capacity development and offers some pointers for practice on how national stakeholders and their international development partners can support a country driven process for DRR capacity development. Chapter four suggests a number of actions for going forward.