Humanitarian & Emergency Response Operations Simulations Microcredit Course

Computer simulations in the form of agent-based, discrete event and system dynamics are invaluable tools for planning and management of disaster and humanitarian response and relief operations. Using these tools and methods, humanitarian and disaster management agencies and planners can optimize their response strategies, enhance their co-ordination and make their operations more effective, efficient and understandable. This practical and hands-on microcredit summer course is ideal for those already in emergency management humanitarian response fields as well as those who are interested in joining these professional worlds. The course teaches participants how to use AnyLogic multimethod simulation software to develop practical simulations for different aspects of emergency management and humanitarian response functions/operations.

A microcredit certificate will be issued to all participants from CIFAL York, UNITAR and Antalya Bilim University.

Course instructor: Ali Asgary, associate professor, disaster and emergency management, York University.