Higher Education
To better define the needs for private and public sectors in the field of risk management, the Agreement launched in 1995 an inquire on job opportunities in France whose main conclusion was to identify that the proposed posts would correspond to general bac+4 (Bachelor) levels supplemented by complementary trainings, which led the Agreement to put the stress on post-graduate (Master) training.
Following this report, the Agreement collaborated in the setting up of various professionalized post-graduate trainings in various member countries and on various aspects of major hazards management.
European Master on Disaster Medicine (San Marino)
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The Master wants to provide a clear sight of the major concepts in disasters medical preparation and management so that the graduates can:
- to evaluate the health hazards and to take part in the associated medical preparation;
- to direct the medical team and organise/manage evaluation and debriefing sessions;
- to provide awareness to disasters management in the medical staff reaction;
- to undertake research on the medical aspects of disasters.
- The EMDM is thus a one year Master limited to 35 pupils because of its educational structure:
- a self-training based on the training through problems resolution;
- a presential course with debates and exercises on problems resolution;
- a report related to a topic on disasters medicine or management;
- a final examination including an electronic exercise of disaster simulation.
Link to the website: http://www.dismedmaster.com/
Speciality “Risk Science” of the “Risks Environment” Master (Montpellier)
- To analyze and quantify risks situations,
- To evaluate the consequences of an exposure to a danger
- (technical, economic, legal, anthropological, cultural ... consequences)
- To propose solutions adapted to each situation.
Link to the website: http://en.www.univ-montp1.fr
Specialised Mastère in Risk Management on Territories – Applied Urban Cindynic (EISTI, Cergy Pontoise)
The phase of formal training (6 months) comprises 10 modules on topics as various as:
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Principles and general action of risk management
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Responsibilities of the territorial organizations facing risks
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Natural and technological risks
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Urban risks and public safety
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Risks and public health
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Risks, cyber criminality and data processing
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Risks and durable development
Link to the website: http://mastere-risque-territoire.eisti.fr
Projects being studied
Other aspects of risk prevention and management should be the subject of academic specialized training and the specialized Centres of the Agreement can play a catalysis role in the setting up of such post-graduate training projects.
It is also important to promote the major risks lectures within more general trainings such as the engineers and architects schools as well as other technical trainings on building and public works.