CITY OF SAN FERNANDO— A Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Summit organized by the provincial government of Pampanga in partnership with Office of Civil Defense is set on June 5-6 at the Hotel Stotsenberg at the Clark Freeport.
According to provincial DRRM Office chief Angie Blanco, the general objective of the summit “is to make action plans anchored with a comprehensive and standard understanding of DRRM roles and responsibilities of local chief executives (LCEs) as a result of the 2013 Regional Summit for the effective and efficient delivery of government services.”
Blanco said at the end of the summit, LCEs must be able “to identify and highlight their roles and responsibilities in DRRM; learn from experiences of selected local DRRM Councils and identify challenges to agitate community- based DRRM solutions; and institutionalize and implement knowledge in DRRM planning, tools and protocols demonstrated during the Regional Summit.”
Accordingly, the two-day summit will feature lectures on State of Central Luzon’s DRRM, LCEs Roles and Responsibilities in DRRM, Institutionalization of Local DRRM Offices, Guidelines on the Utilization of Local DRRM Fund, Hydro- Met Hazards and Warning System, Local Geological Hazards, Earthquake-induced Landslides/ Multi-Hazard Maps, Project NOAH, Flood Modelling, Formulation of Local DRRM Action Plans, Introduction to Contingency Planning and Cluster Approach, Introduction to Incident Command System, and Introduction to Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment and Post-Disaster Needs Assessment.
Blanco said there will also be a sharing of best practices among multi-awarded local DRRM Councils and from the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The Declaration of Commitment and Panunumpa ng Lokal na Konseho ng DRRM will serve as highlight of the summit.
Other neighboring provinces in Central Luzon will also have a similar event, Blanco added. DRRM summits are also set on May 22-23 in Bataan, May 28-29 in Aurora, June 10-11 in Tarlac, June 17-18 in Nueva Ecija, June 23-24 in Zambales and June 26-27 in Bulacan.
