DILG boosts Central Luzon LGUs' disaster preparedness, response efforts
- Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=8&rid=945269
- Friday, December 2, 2016
- (PNA), LAP/ZST
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, Nov. 2 (PNA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) boosts the knowledge and skills of the local government units (LGUs) on how to meet and respond to emergencies arising from natural and man-made disasters.
Officials and representatives from the provinces of Aurora, Bulacan, Pampanga and Tarlac are presently undergoing a three-day orientation-workshop on Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) spearheaded by the DILG in a move to mitigate the adverse impact of disasters and help increase resiliency of communities to reduce risk.
Lerrie Hernandez, chief of DILG monitoring and evaluation division here, said the activity aims to provide assistance to LGUs in integrating disaster risk reduction-climate change adaptive measures/initiatives in the preparation of their comprehensive development plan (CDP).
Hernandez emphasized the importance of CDRA in formulating various plans.
"With this new development and method of integrating the CDRA process in formulating CDP, Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) and Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (LDRRMP) will lead to the identification of more effective and efficient adaptation/mitigation measures and policy interventions," she said.
The three-day activity is comprised of various discussions, workshops and output presentations of the CDRA process to familiarize the participants with the formulation of the assessment and their plans.
She said the activity is the first of the series of workshops lined up for CDRA before the end of 2016.
Pursuant to the Climate Change Act of 2009 or R.A. 9729, LGUs shall be the front line agencies in the formulation, planning, and implementation of climate change action plans in their respective areas.