Training On DRCE Conducts
October 27, 2014
A four-day training program on Disaster Response Capacity Evaluation (DRCE) was conducted from October 8-11, 2014 at the Ghion Hotel. DRCE is a method developed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to measure a national societys capacity to respond in cases of disaster. It can assess a response either during a simulation exercise or a real disaster.
The training was aimed to provide four African Red Cross National Societies with experience and understanding of the tools and the skill sets needed to undertake the DRCE tool.
Twelve participants drawn from Democratic Republic of Congo Red Cross, Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), Malian Red Cross Society and South Sudanese Red Cross attended the training program. In addition, two trainees came from IFRC, and three from Canadian Red Cross domestic and international teams.
The training program was followed by the DRCE simulation exercise where participants of the training evaluated the Disaster Response Capacity of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society from October 13-15, 2014.
After compiling the evaluation, the team debriefed officials of ERCS on October 17, 2014 at ERCS Board Room where the team presented strength and weaknesses observed in ERCS in terms of disaster response and recommendations of the team.
It was noted that similar evaluation would be carried out after two years, and again two years after that, to see the progress that the Society has made following the training and simulation exercise undertook.
It was indicated that the team which had undertaken the evaluation would produce a report to be submitted to ERCS which, in turn, will make use of the report to refine its disaster preparedness and response system which is the objective of Capacity Strengthening for Emergency Response in Africa (SERA) Project that the Canadian Red Cross Society launched last May 2014. Priorities based on evidence from the DRCE and other assessments previously undertaken by ERCS should prove useful to guide ERCSs ongoing work and if needed, to secure targeted support from relevant partners like CRC.
The training was aimed to provide four African Red Cross National Societies with experience and understanding of the tools and the skill sets needed to undertake the DRCE tool.
Twelve participants drawn from Democratic Republic of Congo Red Cross, Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), Malian Red Cross Society and South Sudanese Red Cross attended the training program. In addition, two trainees came from IFRC, and three from Canadian Red Cross domestic and international teams.
The training program was followed by the DRCE simulation exercise where participants of the training evaluated the Disaster Response Capacity of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society from October 13-15, 2014.
After compiling the evaluation, the team debriefed officials of ERCS on October 17, 2014 at ERCS Board Room where the team presented strength and weaknesses observed in ERCS in terms of disaster response and recommendations of the team.
It was noted that similar evaluation would be carried out after two years, and again two years after that, to see the progress that the Society has made following the training and simulation exercise undertook.
It was indicated that the team which had undertaken the evaluation would produce a report to be submitted to ERCS which, in turn, will make use of the report to refine its disaster preparedness and response system which is the objective of Capacity Strengthening for Emergency Response in Africa (SERA) Project that the Canadian Red Cross Society launched last May 2014. Priorities based on evidence from the DRCE and other assessments previously undertaken by ERCS should prove useful to guide ERCSs ongoing work and if needed, to secure targeted support from relevant partners like CRC.