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Discusses Opportunities
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uHd Disaster Risk Vanacement
CapacLy in the Pacific
The 19th Annual Meeting of the Heads of National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs) of Pacific Island
Countries and Territories (PICTS) was held from July 01 -3 at the Tanoa International Hotel in Nadi, Fiji.
Mosese Sikivou, Deputy Director of the SPC's Disaster Reduction Programme, said that the meeting would
provide Regional Disaster Managers with the opportunity to discuss challenges and opportunities for
institutional strengthening and capacity building.
Mr Sikivou stated that a main objective of the meeting was to provide Regional Disaster Managers with an
increased understanding of the Disaster Risk Management services and products available to them from SPC
and other partner organisations
"The meeting also allows SPC, as the regional body mandated to coordinate Disaster Risk Management capacity
building, the opportunity to learn from participants and to focus its work programme to better meet the needs
of the group," he explained.
This meeting also supported preparation for the 2013 Joint Meeting of the Pacific Platform for DRM and Pacific
Climate Change Roundtable from July 08 -11, also in Nadi.
Mr Sikivou says the Disaster Reduction Programme will also continue to play a critical role in supporting
member countries to integrate Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change into all relevant regional and
national planning and policy measures. He says that SPC's commitment to integrate climate change adaptation
and disaster risk management efforts will help Pacific Island countries to improve the way they identify and
manage a range of risks that their communities are exposed to.
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