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concepts and key processes. The course is designed to
sensitise people from across all sectors to the value of
incorporating disaster risk reduction into project planning
and implementation, equipping them with basic tools
and information on sources of information and support.
Cook Islands had 24 participants attend the training with
20 participating in Federated States of Micronesia. This
brings the total number of people in the region who have
completed this training to 88.
Understanding Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change,
Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Suva, Fiji; Honiara, Solomon Islands;
and Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
In support of efforts to mainstream disaster risk management and climate change across the Secretariat of the
Pacific Community, a series of half -day trainings have been conducted in SPC offices (Solomon Islands Country
Office in Honiara, the Regional Office in Suva and the North Pacific Regional Office in Pohnpei). There have
been 53 participants from across the organisation who have attended the training, which provides a basic
overview of the causes of disaster and climate change, their impacts on different sectors, how disaster and
climate risk can be reduced and how all staff at SPC can work to mainstream DRM and CC into their own office
work plans. The training will also be conducted for staff at the SPC headquarters in Noumea in late August.