Courses: Customized Training Topics List, UW-Madison Disaster Management Center

Customized Training Topics List

Disaster/Emergency Management

  • Overview of disaster management
  • The international emergency relief system
  • Emergency coordination
  • Disaster assessment
  • Emergency logistics
  • Water supply and sanitation
  • Emergency nutrition
  • Food aid: logistics, registration & distribution
  • Shelter and site planning
  • Health services
  • Social services
  • News media and humanitarian action
  • Project management for emergencies
  • Emergency information management
  • Staff security
  • Monitoring & evaluation
  • Stress management
  • Conflict resolution
  • Simulation exercises

Refugees and Displaced Persons

  • Contingency planning and early warning
  • International refugee protection
  • Emergency assessment
  • Planning an emergency response
  • Managing an emergency response
  • Refugee camp planning
  • Managing external relations
  • Displaced persons in civil conflict
  • Resettlement of displaced populations
  • Peacebuilding and conflict prevention
  • The transition from war to peace

Natural Hazards

  • Introduction to hazards
  • Drought and famine
  • Vulnerability and risk assessment
  • Disaster mitigation
  • Disaster preparedness
  • Disasters and development
  • Rehabilitation and reconstruction
  • Disaster communications
  • Capacity building for risk reduction