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BACKGROUND
Institute of Water and Flood Management and the
Directorate of Continuing Education, Bangladesh university of Engineering and
Technology are announcing a Short Course on "Risk Management in Water
Resources" for continued professional development. This programme addresses a
broad spectrum of issues like fundamental risk management concepts, risk
management issues, analysis of risks, risk based approach in water resources
planning, water related risk assessment and management, etc.
This course is designed for water related public and
private sector senior professionals, with several years working experience in
the field, to enhance their knowledge about the basic concepts of Risk
Management and how it can be applied in water resources sectors. It is
suitable for professionals having need of addressing risk related issues in
water sector.
The course derives its excellence from the experience of a
collaborative RISKPLAN Project among the following four international
universities with the sponsorship of European Union, Asia-Link Programme:
Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh
University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh,
CARISMA (Centre for the analysis of Risk and
Optimization Modeling Applications), Brunel University, UK,
School of Education Technology, Jadavpur University,
India,
Department of Statistics and Decision Support,
University of Vienna, Austria.
OBJECTIVES
A participant, after attending the course is expected to
acquire the following skills:
Appreciate the general principle of Risk Management and
articulate the specific risk related issues in water related areas.
Critically analyze and comment upon the soundness of a
risk analysis report or risk abatement plan in water sector.
Identify risks in one’s application domain, incorporate
risk management approach, and in routine situations, recommend planning and
operational actions taking cognizance to applicable regulating requirement
and accepted best practices.
Identify the needs of further professional education for
self and team members.
Identify when expert help would be required and utilize
such help to solve more complex risk related problems.
CONTENTS
Risk perception, analysis and management; Risk-based
approach in water resources planning; Flood Hazard Analysis; Drought risk
assessment and management; Rive Erosion Risk Management; Water quality risk
management; Risk in urban water management; Ecological risk due to climate
change; Possible risk in water resources system modeling; Risk based
information and dissemination system.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This short course is for those who are involved and
interested in planning, design, development and management of water resources
and other allied natural resources. Apart from engineers, physical scientists
working in government, semi-government, private organizations, and NGOs,
agriculturists, economists, social scientists, environmentalists,
environmental lawyers and educators are encouraged to attend the course.
RESOURCE PERSONS
Resource persons for the short course have been selected
from IWFM of BUET.
DURATION
The short course will be offered during 13-14 March,
2010.
VENUE
The venue is the Directorate of Continuing Education (DCE),
BUET, Dhaka located on the third floor of the Institute Building of BUET
(near Dr. M. A. Rashid Hall and BUET Gymnasium).
LAST DATE OF APPLICATION
Nominations and applications for participation in the
short course should reach the Directorate, DCE by 8 March, 2009.
COURSE FEE
Tk. 3,500/- payable in advance for each participant in favour
of Director, BRTC, BUET.
PROGRAMME
Day 1: March 13, 2010
02:00-02:30 PM : Registration and Inauguration
02:30-03:30 PM :
Paper 1: Risk perception, analysis and management
(Prof. M. Mozzammel
Hoque)
03:30-04:30 PM :
Paper 2: Risk-based approach in water resources planning
(Dr. M. Shahjahan
Mondal)
04:30-05:00 PM : Tea break
05:00-06:00 PM :
Paper 3: Flood Hazard Analysis
(Prof. Anisul Haque)
06:00-07:00 PM :
Paper 4: Drought risk assessment and management
(Prof. Abul Fazal M.
Saleh)
07:00-07:30 PM : Tea break
07:30-08:30 PM :
Paper 5: Rive Erosion Risk Management
(Prof. Md. Munsur
Rahman)
Day 2: March 14, 2010
02:00-03:00 PM :
Paper 6: Water quality risk management
(Dr. Mohammed Abed
Hossain)
03:00-04:00 PM :
Paper 7: Risk in urban water management
(Prof. M. Shah Alam
Khan)
04:00-04:30 PM : Tea break
04:30-05:30 PM :
Paper 8: Ecological risk due to climate change
(Prof. Md. Rezaur
Rahman)
05:30-06:30 PM :
Paper 9: Possible risk in water resources system modeling
(Prof. M. Mozzammel
Hoque)
06:30-07:00 PM : Tea break
07:00-08:00 PM :
Paper 10: Risk based information and dissemination system
(Dr. A.K.M. Saiful
Islam)
08:00- 08:30 PM : Course evaluation and certificate awarding
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