Centre for Disaster Preparedness & Management Peshawar (CDPM) 4.79

Keeping in view the plethora of natural hazards in Pakistan in general and the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in particular, the University of Peshawar established the Centre for Disaster Preparedness and Management (CDPM) in 2008 in collaboration with the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and ICIMOD. The CDPM was formally inaugurated by the worthy Chancellor of the University of Peshawar and the then Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on April 04, 2009. The Centre has been established under the faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences. The mandate of the CDPM is disaster management education, research and policy advice to the government. The CDPM, University of Peshawar, has the honor to stand as the first ever institution in the public sector, solely dedicated to disaster management education and research. The Centre within a record short span of time has to its credit the initiation of multifarious programmes including trainings and workshops for students, managers, practitioners, and administrators to equip them with the knowledge and skills in the field of disaster management. After successfully launching the first ever Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Preparedness and Management in Pakistan in 2009, the CDPM has now taken the lead to offer BS, M.Sc., M.S./M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes in Disaster Management. The CDPM has the privilege to offer these courses and degree programmes for the first time not only in Pakistan but in the whole of South Asia. Currently, a total of 295 students are enrolled in various programmes at the Centre. Besides, CDPM has successfully organized as many as seven consecutive Disaster Management Exhibitions in the past seven years. Similarly, the CDPM has to its credit the organization of two International Disaster Management Conferences i.e. IDMC-2009 and 2010. The proceedings of both these conferences have been documented and published. The Centre has also organized more than 50 tailor-made courses on Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction, Emergency Response Management, Disaster Risk Reduction, Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in Disaster Management, Disaster Risk Assessment, Climate Change Adaptation, Disability and Disaster, Triage and Ethics in Disasters, Child Friendly Disaster Management, Mainstreaming DRR into School Curriculum, Gender and Disaster Management, First Aid and Fire Fighting for various professionals, academicians, Disaster Managers, community members, district administration and volunteers of various national & international organizations.