Learning4Resilience - Aufbau lokaler Lernzentren zur Katastrophenschutzbildung

The power cut in Berlin at the start of the year showed how quickly something we take for granted can turn into an emergency when it fails. Much went well – yet it also became clear that there is still room for improvement when it comes to individual preparedness, particularly for people with special support needs. Crises such as the coronavirus pandemic, major disasters caused by floods, wildfires or power cuts make it clear: the resilience of the population in the face of crises and disasters is a key social issue. Yet whilst the ability to cope with such events and support emergency services is of great importance, many people lack access to suitable learning opportunities.

This is where Learning4Resilience comes in: the project specifically strengthens adults’ skills in dealing with crises and disasters and empowers them to help themselves and others. The focus is on population groups that have previously had little access to such services: older people, women with caregiving responsibilities, refugees and migrants, as well as people with intellectual disabilities or visual impairments. To this end, practical, target-group-specific learning programmes are being developed, stakeholders are being trained as resilience trainers, and local learning centres are being established as innovative learning spaces. This promotes sustainable disaster risk reduction education that strengthens resilience, participation and cohesion within communities in the long term.