4 to 5 June 2010, Davos, Switzerland

During the IDRC Davos 2010 the Global Risk Forum GRF Davos conducted two further education courses within the scope of its Risk Academy.

The 2-day intense short course on Reducing Risk and Managing Disasters: "The Integrated Approach" took place from 29 to 30 May 2010 as an IDRC Davos 2010 pre-conference education course. The course was adressed to professionals as well as post graduate students, organisations and individuals. The course provided a wide overview over the components of integrated risk management, including vulnerability and critical infrastructure assessment, risk concepts, intervention strategies as well as response and recovery plans.

The second education course  was held from 4 June to 5 June 2010 as a n IDRC Davos 2010 post-conference course and was conducted in collaboration with Europa Media. This EU project development training course has provided the participants with the knowledge needed to successfully develop EU projects specially focussing on FP7 and CIP proposals in the field of risk reduction, risk governance, environment and natural sciences in general. The course participants were interactively guided through all the procedures of proposal development – from call identification to proposal submission, including budget preparation and other key issues. >read more