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      The International Companion Animal Management Coalition

    • Note: The ICAM Dog Population Management courses (Implementing DPM & DPM for Policymakers) are currently available in English and will soon be available in six additional languages (Spanish, French, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Bosnian and Russian).

Available courses

Implementing DPM

Through interactive elements, case studies, and examples, this course outlines the structure and process for designing an effective and sustainable DPM system, from assessing the dynamics of the local dog population to interventions that address root causes. It provides guidelines for DPM monitoring and evaluation, as well as decision-making scenarios and a toolkit of methods that support an ongoing cycle of adaptation of DPM interventions and the system as a whole. Cross-cutting themes emphasise the important role of human behaviour and the need for policy at all levels to support local DPM design and implementation.

DPM for Policymakers

This course is an abbreviated version of the ICAM course: Implementing DPM.
It introduces dog population management (DPM) at a high level, highlighting the differences between stray dog control - short-term fixes focused only on the current stray dogs - and DPM, which provides long-term, systemic solutions to a community’s dog population challenges. Through interactive elements and extensive examples, the course outlines the structure and functioning of a DPM system, focusing on the important role of policy development at all levels to support localised DPM design and implementation. This course also emphasises the important role of human behaviour in DPM systems and explains the basics of behaviour change science as an approach to effective DPM policymaking.

Humane Community Development

Humane Community Development (HCD) was developed to provide a framework and process for communities to work together to find humane, sustainable solutions to dog issues resulting in negative consequences for people and animals. We have developed a series of 11 eLearning modules to introduce and help train community mentors and others on the HCD framework and approach. 

Together, the modules of this e-Learning course aim to provide the knowledge and tools to prepare a community for HCD, facilitate the workshops which form the focal point of the process, and guide a community through HCD implementation.