Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration Fairlawn, Shimla organized a three days training programme only for Women participants on “Integrating DRR in Rural Development Policies and Programmes” from 6th to 8th November, 2019 at HIPA, Fairlawn, Shimla.  The course had been designed for the functionaries from line Departments including Revenue, Rural Development, Women & Child Development, Health, PRI, Municipalities, I&PH, Police, Home Guards, PWD, Agriculture, Horticulture, Education, Animal Husbandry, etc dealing with the subject related to disaster management concerns. This programme was attended by 40 women participants only representing different Government departments, PRIs and ULDs sectors of Himachal Pradesh.

The course contents included Familiarization and Expectation Setting; Basic Concepts of Disaster Management; Institutional Framework: DRR overview; Vulnerability Profile of Himachal Pradesh; HRVC: Concept, Tools and Techniques & Mainstreaming DRR into PRI Sector; Village Disaster Management Plan: Need, Framework and Process & Preparation of Family Disaster Management. The participants placed on record full satisfaction, so far as  the course organisation, contents and the quality of presentations made by  specially NIDM Faculty and other different Faculty during various sessions are concerned. All the participants suggested that the such programme may be repeated for the same participants in the next year also and the NIDM Faculty assured that the such programme with the same participants will be organized at Block /Village level in the coming year.