Call for capacity development for Disaster Risk Reduction & Disaster Risk Management

Following the call for local, national, regional and international capacity development for the DRR sector in the Sendai Framework and the UNISDR S&T conference, there has been a further discussion about internationally accredited training that not only assures quality of training, but also allows a more standardized set of training materials.

Although there are various training programmes across the world, an internationally recognized training standard is currently lacking. Accreditation is important as it could allow a universally recognized training standard which could more efficiently improve on the quality of training all over the world, with shared resources. 

In my previous work, we have been involved in train the trainer processes where we try to empower local communities. However, although the material and teachings are standardized within our organization, they are currently not recognized by other institutes. 

It has been an interesting process to observe the discussion and these issues that could link local community interventions with global priorities. Hong Kong, as an important humanitarian resource provider in the region, could take part in order to improve on the credibility of training services.