Summary of FEMA MGT-462: Community Planning for Economic Recovery 11/17/2020

FEMA MGT-462: Community Planning for Economic Recovery 11/17/2020

This course focuses on how communities can plan for economic recovery after a disaster. The curriculum includes practical tools to develop stronger partnerships between the public and private sectors, evaluate community hazard assessments through the lens of economic recovery, provide resources for public and private sector partners to use in a post-disaster environment, and planning templates for articulating these actions at the community level.

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Course Description

The purpose of this course is to prepare decision makers of for-profit, not-for-profit organizations, public sector organizations, first responders, farmers and ranchers, and tribal communities in community planning for economic resilience and recovery from natural disasters. The course will focus on community planning for economic recovery and provide a training consisting of planning tools and resources. The curriculum will include practical tools to develop stronger partnerships between the public and private sectors, evaluate community hazard assessments through the lens of economic recovery, provide resources for public and private sector partners to use in a post-disaster environment, and planning templates for articulating these actions at the community level.

Course Logistics

Date/Time	Tuesday, November 17, 2020 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location	Blended, asynchronous pre-work (2 hours) and instructor-led live session (6 hours)
Faculty	National Center for Domestic Preparedness, Earth Institute, Columbia University

Target Audience and Certificate

Target Audience

Decision makers and leadership of profit and not-for profit organizations, farmers and ranchers, state, local, tribal, and territorial leadership and management, economic development organizations, councils of government, managers at small business development centers and in economic development districts, emergency managers, and leaders at workforce development agencies.

Certificate

Certificates for completing this course are distributed by FEMA.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the training, all participants will be able to fulfill the following learning objectives:

Calculate estimated financial losses from major disasters and identify factors that influence a community’s economic recovery;
Identify all steps of a hazard analysis pertaining to disaster economic recovery;
Formulate ways to collaborate with potential community partners for coordinating economic recovery;
Appraise cost recovery options (such as insurance and federal programs) that may be utilized to support organizational recovery from a disaster;
Revise customizable planning tools appropriate for the participants’ work context;
Synthesize customizable planning tools for use within the participants’ context;
Prepare an economic impact analysis as part of a post disaster economic recovery case study;
Develop ways to integrate whole community continuity of operations planning through different management techniques.

Funding

This project is supported by Cooperative Agreement Number EMW- 2016-CA-00123 administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Point of views or opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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