📋 Tender Overview
This project creates greater resilience to disasters by strengthening the know-how and capacities of relevant institutions, and organizations for integrated disaster risk management in Venezuela by providing formation and training, in particular postgraduate level studies (Master), eight diploma courses for professionals and specifically adapted workshops for practitioners at community level. By enhancing formation and training capacities, moving from traditional disaster risk reduction to integrated disaster risk management, it is ensured that all phases of the disaster cycle are considered and everyone, especially vulnerable groups, are included.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Venezuela
Disaster Risk Reduction
Emergency Relief and Protection
Humanitarian efficiency
Advanced professional training
22.09.2025 - 31.12.2028
CHF 520’000
The project in brief
Background Venezuela is highly vulnerable to natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, flooding, tropical storms and wildfires, with climate change increasing their frequency and severity. The country's geography makes it face very high exposure to disasters and extreme weather events, making it the third country in South America with the highest risk index1. Floods and storms have affected 60’000 people annually on average in the last 25 years. Extreme floods (like the Vargas flash floods, 1999) can lead to tens of thousands of deaths. From 2016 to 2022, Venezuela recorded 83,000 new internal displacements due to flood-related disasters2, those numbers are expected to increase. Despite efforts to improve disaster risk reduction over the years, Venezuela’s capabilities to reduce those risks remain limited. The responsible institutions for risk reduction and civil protection lack the scientific expertise and resources. University programs on disaster risk analysis and risk reduction measures have suffered from severe budget cuts and partly from brain drain. This has resulted in a shortage of up-to-date academic training and capacity building. The proposed higher education project aims at strengthening integrated disaster risk management by building capacities for a range of different actors and professionals working. Integrated disaster risk management is a comprehensive approach that systematically addresses all types and phases of disaster risk, prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery by involving all relevant stakeholders and sectors in coordinated actions.
Objectives Greater resilience of communities to natural hazards by strengthening the academic training and capacities of professionals and executives from public and private institutions to apply the standards and methods of Integrated Disaster Risk Management.
