| "ICHARM conducted a one-year Master's program entitled the “Water-related Disaster ManagementCourse of Disaster Management Policy Program"" from 2 October 2011 to 15 September 2012 incollaboration with JICA and GRIPS. The nineteen students were mainly technical officials, engineersor researchers in the field of river management or water-related disasters in developing countries.This course aims to foster solution-oriented practitioners with solid theoretical and engineeringbases who can serve for planning and practices of flood management within the framework ofintegrated river basin management at all levels from nations to localities.In the first half of the course, the students mainly attended lectures and exercises; in the second half,they worked on their individual studies, this enabling them to prepare and complete their master'stheses and to visit numerous locations across Japan over the course of several field trips in order tolearn about up-to-date flood control countermeasures in action.This report details the course activities and the achievements thereof and aims to contributeimprovements in the next year." |
