Training Courses and Workshops in Collaboration with Other National and Multinational Entities




	In addition to collaborating with the United Nations Development Programme to present Disaster Management Training Workshops, the Unit for Sustainable Development and Environment also works with other national or multinational groups to present training courses on the assessment and mitigation of natural disasters.

Grenada		Workshop on hazard risk assessment and energy planning with parish representatives in collaboration with the Government of Grenada. (1987)


Guatemala		Training course for landslide hazard evaluation in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and the U.S. Forest Service. (1992) Natural hazards management workshop for the public sector and private agencies in collaboration with USAID/OFDA. (1992)


Honduras		Workshop on school and library natural hazard vulnerability reduction in collaboration with Partners of the Americas. (1992)


Peru		Workshops on the vulnerability reduction of productive and social infrastructure projects to natural hazards in collaboration with INADE and with support from UNDP. (1993, 1994, and 1995)


Saint Lucia		Two workshop sessions completed to improve natural hazard awareness and disseminate mitigation practices among banana growers. 80 farmers and 30 extension officers participated in collaboration with UWI and PCDPPP. (1989) Workshop on natural hazard risk assessment, lifeline infrastructure vulnerability analysis, and emergency planning information for town and village clerks. (1987)


United Kingdom		Co-direction of a workshop on housing planning and reconstruction, in collaboration with Oxford Polytechnic University. (1986)


Thailand		Presentations on natural hazards and development planning at the 5th Disaster Management Course, in collaboration with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok. (1988)


Trinidad and Tobago		Two week training workshop in landslide hazard assessment and preparation of landslide susceptibility maps, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies and PCDPPP. (1989)


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