A five-day training course on "Flood Mitigation" for the district authorities and community based organisation of flood prone districts was organised by the National Management Authority (NOMA) at the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) from February 15 to 19, said a press release issued on Friday.
A total of 23 persons representing the District Finance, Planning and Development, Revenue and Tehsil Municipal Committees as well as community-based organisation attended the training course. The first course on "Flood Mitigation" was organised during December 2009 at Islamabad and this was the 2nd round in which out of the 30 flood prone districts, the remaining 18 flood prone districts were covered.
The objective of the training was to build the capacities of the concerned government and civil society organisations, in flood disaster preparedness, response and mitigation, through structural and non structural interventions adopted at local level for saving lives and properties of the people.
Lieutenant General Farooq Ahmad Khan (Retd), Chairman NOMA, was the chief guest at the inauguration of the course at the National Institute of Disaster Management. Addressing the participants he said the course would provide comprehensive flood disaster risk management knowledge and skills to district government officers and civil society members who have key flood disaster risk management responsibilities at the district/tehsil level.
Renowned experts in the field of flood management delivered lectures on four key modules eg (i) Overview of flood disaster risk situation in Pakistan (ii) Institutional arrangements to cope with flooding (iii) Flood Risk Assessment and (iv) Flood Mitigation Measures.
A field trip to the Pakistan Meteorological Department was also organised where participants were exposed to different traditional and modern equipment and satellite technologies for weather forecasting and early warnings System. At the end of the training course a ceremony was held on Friday wherein Rabia Khattak, Assistant Country Director, UNDP, Pakistan awarded certificates to the participants.
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