After the first very successful REA training in May 2006, the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Pakistan in partnership with Church World Service-Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS-P/A) is organizing 2nd REA Training Session during 1-5 August, 2006 (venue will be announced shortly). World renowned REA Expert Mr. Charles Kelly from Benfield Hazards Research Centre, UK will again be coming to Pakistan as the resource person for this training.

Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment in Disasters (REA) is a tool for identifying, defining, and prioritizing potential environmental impacts that arise immediately following disaster situations. REA improves humanitarian response in emergencies by incorporating, otherwise overlooked critical environmental concerns into disaster impact assessment, planning and operations. With awareness of such issues, humanitarian workers can take actions to mitigate or avoid likely adverse impacts on human lives and welfare, and implement disaster responses which simultaneously incorporate opportunities to protect the environment.

As part of REA training, participants will explore the context of disasters and learn why the environment can not be overlooked as a post-disaster humanitarian concern. There will be opportunities for participants to practice REA through a simulated disaster scenario, conduct field exercises and also participate in a two-day Training of Trainer module. The disaster scenarios focused in this training will be Drought, Floods and Earthquake.

Registration Fee for this training is Rs. 10,000/-. Please make the cheque/draft payable to "IUCN". This fee covers accommodation, meals, training material, and shuttle service between Islamabad-Venue-Islamabad. Participants coming from outside Islamabad will make their own travel arrangements.

You will appreciate that this training is highly subsidized due to generous financial contributions by the organizing partners, however, we can not offer any travel assistance other than the shuttle service between Islamabad and Venue.

Please register yourself online for this training through the website accessible at http://www.rea.iucnp.org, latest by July 25, 2006.