Course: Developing Institutional and Community Resilience

The purpose of the proposed course is to share the Israeli experience and models of building organizational and community resilience.

Aims:

• Analyzing the critical challenges and stress factors of the community in times of crisis.

 Planning and building a strategy for a community dealing with crisis, including models of prevention and intervention.

• Exploring models and practices of cooperation between organizations on governmental and municipal levels and communities in building resilience system.

• Exploring models and practices of resilience focusing on specific populations groups.

   Discussing types of trauma therapy that assist in strengthening communities and building resilience.

  Exchanging experiences and ideas on concepts, programs, and methodologies applied in the participants’ countries.

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  Main subjects:
  • Israeli models of coping with large scale crises and traumatic events • Resilience approach in crisis management • Developing strategies and models of building resilience • Strategic planning as a key factor in community preparedness to crisis • Local government & community cooperation models and practices • Resilience focusing on specific populations groups (children and youth, elderly, etc.) • Methods and models for managing a state of ongoing crisis and developing a sense of resilience on a personal and social level • A systemic approach to psychosocial preparedness and response as well as to trauma treatment • Psychological First Aid (PFA) for first stage trauma responders • Reintegration of trauma survivors into society/community.