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Enhanced Vulnerability Capacity Assessment (eVCA) & Nature-Based Solutions (NbS)
Training

AGENDA

Day 1

FOUNDATIONS and eVCA - STAGE 1: - ENGAGE & CONNECT

8:30          Welcome, Training Context Setting and Introduction of Facilitators 

8:40          Introduction of participants: Activity

9:00        Training overview: expectations, rules, logistics, roles, group assignments

9:45        BREAK 

10:00        Words Matter: Concepts Count
                  DRM     
                  CCA     
                  CEA     
11:45        Community Resilience (11 dimensions)

12:15         LUNCH
          
1:15         Introduction to Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (eVCA)
                Roadmap to Community Resilience
                Objective: Introduction to 4 stages, 3 services and 5 landmarks 

2:30         BREAK 

2:45        Reinforcement activity- eVCA, R2R, 11 Dimensions of Community Resilience 

3:15        Community Engagement Strategies (Facilitation Skills & COPES)

4:00        Wrap Up and Evaluation 
 
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Day 2

EVCA/R2R - STAGE 2: UNDERSTANDING RISK & RESILIENCE

8:30                   Opening, overview of agenda (participants: group 1 recap day 1)
 
                           Preparing to Assess, Understanding & Measuring Community Risk & Resilience
 
9:00                   Nature-based Solutions for Targeted Community Risks
 
                          eVCA TOOLS
 
9:30                 Historical Profile
 
9:45                 Direct Observation & Transect Walk
 
10:00                 BREAK    
 
10:15                 Mapping – Hazard, Exposure, Vulnerability, Capacity
 
11:00                 Seasonal Calendar
 
11:15                 Focus Group Discussion & Interviews
 
11:45                 Venn Diagram
 
12:00                   LUNCH
 
1:00                   Problem & Solution Tree
 
1:20                   Resilience Star
               
2:00                   Group Activity - Preparing to Assess
                           Tools will be randomly assigned to groups and the groups will be asked to prepare material on assigned tools.                                         4 Groups (6 persons per group)
                    o    Group One – Exposure Mapping, transect walk & Seasonal Calendar, Community Fact Sheet
                    o    Group Two – Vulnerability Mapping, Venn diagram & Historical profile
                    o    Group Three – Capacity Mapping, Focus group discussion, Interviews & Problem and Solution tree
                    o    Group Four – Hazard mapping, Direct observation, Resilience Star

3:00                  BREAK 

3:15                  Assessing Sample Community (cont'd)

4:00                  Wrap Up and Evaluation 

 
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Day 3

STAGES 3 & 4: TAKING ACTION TO STRENGTHEN RESILIENCE                                                            

8:30         Recap Day 2 (participants: group 2 Recap Day 2) 

9:00         Group One – Exposure Mapping, Transect walk & Seasonal Calendar, Community Fact Sheet 

9:30           Group Two – Vulnerability Mapping, Venn Diagram & Historical Profile 

10:00        BREAK  

10:45           Group Three – Capacity Mapping, Focus Group Discussion & Interviews, Problem tree

11:15         Group Four – Hazard mapping, Direct observation, Resilience Star

11:45       Introduction to the eVCA Reporting Template & Data Analysis 

12:15         LUNCH

1:15        Risk Informed Community Action Planning 
 
1:45        Action Planning Group Activity 

2:45       BREAK

3:00       Group Presentations

4:00      Wrap Up and Evaluation 


Night Assignment: Prepare Tools for First Community Visit

Day 4

CALCULATING THE COMMUNITY’S RISK PROFILE​

8:30          Opening, overview of agenda (participants: group 3 recap day 3) 

9:00          Create Community Fact Sheet Template 

9:30          Populate the eVCA Reporting Template with Secondary Information  

                  WORKING BREAK    

10:00        BRIEFING & DEPARTURE FROM HOTEL TO COMMUNITY

10:30        Hazard, Exposure, Vulnerability & Capacity Mapping & Semi-structured interviews in Community

1:00          DEPARTURE FROM COMMUNITY TO HOTEL

1:30          LUNCH              

5:30          DEPARTURE FROM COMMUNITY TO HOTEL

2:30          Prepare Map for Validation
                  Prepare Remaining tools for community assessment

                  WORKING BREAK

4:00          Wrap up and Evaluation

       
  Night Assignment –  Continuation of tools preparation for 2nd community visit and populate reporting     template.
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Day 5

PAVING THE WAY TOWARDS COMMUNITY RESILIENCE​

08:30        Opening, overview of agenda (participants: group 4 recap day 4)

09:30        Final Preparations for community deployment

10:00        WORKING BREAK

10:30        DEPARTURE FROM HOTEL TO COMMUNITY

11:00        Introduction of EVCA and Tool Deployment

  • Focus Group Discussion- (Hazard Ident. & Ranking etc.)

  • Historical Profile

  • Seasonal Calendar

  • Problem & Solution Tree

  • Venn Diagram

  • Resilience Star

  • Validation of the Community Fact Sheet and Map

2:30    LUNCH

3:00    DEPART COMMUNITY TO HOTEL

3:30    eVCA Report Preparation

4:00    Closing Ceremony and Awarding of Certificate

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Enhanced Vulnerability Capacity Assessment (eVCA) & Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) Training

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