CARIMAC Contracted to Develop New Online Course on Preparing for Natural Disasters

The Caribbean School of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) has been contracted to develop a new online course aimed at training persons in the Caribbean region on how to prepare for natural disasters and to manage communication in the aftermath.

Offered by the Disaster Risk Reduction Centre of the Institute for Sustainable Development at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, the contract calls for the development of a course called, ‘Communication Planning and Media Relations for Disaster Risk Reduction’.

The announcement was made in CARIMAC’s Lecture Room on Monday (July 2), during the opening session of the Communication Planning and Media Relations to Support Disaster Risk Reduction two-day training workshop for disaster risk-reduction practitioners.

Director, Institute for Sustainable Development, UWI, Dr. David Smith, said CARIMAC was chosen to develop the new course, because the institution has the expertise for new course development. which includes Disaster Risk Management.

Read more at: Jamaica Information Service