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SUMMARY:Integrated DRR/Community-Based Adaptation/Rural Development—
  Online Diploma
DESCRIPTION:Dear AidSource Colleagues,\nCenter for Sustainable Develop
 ment—CSDi. Join students from all over the world for an intensive se
 ries of courses. Get an Online Diploma: Integrated Community Based Ada
 ptation, Disaster Risk Reduction & Rural Development\nThese courses be
 gin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop as parti
 cipants identify local community vulnerabilities, identify risks and h
 azards, investigate appropriate solutions, develop full projects, laun
 ch and manage them. A strong course component is the integration of DR
 R and CBA within course participant’s traditional development projec
 ts.\nStudents have participated in our courses developing humanitarian
  projects involving: potable water, health facilities, primary schooli
 ng, health & hygiene, sanitation, gender, security, food aid, food sec
 urity, adult literacy, vocational training, income generation, home ga
 rdens, agriculture and animal husbandry—in—Afghanistan, China, Dar
 fur, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iraq, Kenya, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somali
 a, South Sudan, Turkey and Uganda.\nComplete information and course sy
 llabi:\nhttp://www.csd-i.org/ol-440-diploma-drr-cba-dev/\nOnline cours
 e participants are using our courses to develop real, on-the-ground pr
 ojects with real communities—both individually and through North/Sou
 th student partnerships. People from 146 different countries and 475 o
 rganizations used CSDi online courses to develop projects impacting ov
 er 300,000 people. http://www.csd-i.org/student-countries-ngos/\nFour 
 Foundation Courses. Begin with the first course: OL 341 OL 341. Adapti
 ng to Climate Change 1: Designing & Funding Community-Based Adaptation
  Projects. Gain an insight into contemporary methods of developing com
 munity-based, sustainable, impact-oriented projects.   OL 342. Adaptin
 g to Climate Change 2: Planning for Impact.  Imbed impact into your ad
 aptation project design with a powerful set of management tools.   OL 
 343. Adapting to Climate Change 3: The Community Focus.  What does ada
 ptation mean at the community level? What practical tools are availabl
 e today for communities to use in adaptation?   OL 344. Adapting to Cl
 imate Change 4: Sustainable Implementation.  How do you launch and imp
 lement a community-centered adaptation project.\nQuestions? Please con
 tact us: Online.Learning@csd-i.org \nSincerely,\nTim Magee, Executive
  Director Center for Sustainable Development\n\nTim Magee is the autho
 r of A Field Guide to Community Based Adaptation published by Routledg
 e/Earthscan. http://www.timmagee.net/field-guide-book/\n\nFor more inf
 ormation visit http://aidsource.ning.com/events/integrated-drr-communi
 ty-based-adaptation-rural-development
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CATEGORIES:online, learning
LOCATION:Worldwide - Online Venue
WEBSITE:http://www.csd-i.org/ol-440-diploma-drr-cba-dev/
URL:http://www.csd-i.org/ol-440-diploma-drr-cba-dev/
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