Disaster Recovery Planning and Development

By University of Copenhagen

Disaster Recovery Planning and Development

πŸ“… 17 November 2025
Online

This course introduces fundamentals of disaster recovery principles and disaster risk reduction. During the course, we cover pre-disaster recovery planning and assessment of post-disaster recovery needs.

You will get insight into health interventions; reconstruction and physical rehabilitation; exit and handover strategies; and monitoring and evaluation in recovery planning. We will discuss how recovery relates to emergency response, preparedness, mitigation and long-term development planning.

Course content

  • Introduction to recovery principles and risk reduction in the recovery phase.
  • Pre-disaster recovery planning and post disaster recovery needs assessment.
  • Early recovery as an important linking stage between relief and response phase and recovery and development.
  • Reconstruction and physical rehabilitation
  • Psycho-social and mental health interventions
  • Exit and hand over strategies in recovery planning

Registration

Registration deadline: 22 September 2025. For more details about the course, please refer to the course curriculum.