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Disaster Risk Vanacement and Climate
Chance traininc for SPC Executive
Working in partnership with SPC's Climate Change Team, the SOPAC Division's Disaster Reduction Programme
recently delivered a
half -day training session introducing the fundamental principles of Disaster Risk
Management (DRM) and Climate Change (CC). The training was designed for SPC's Executive Management
team (Director General, Deputy Director Generals, Division Directors and Country Office Managers) to create a
common understanding of both DRM and CC, highlighting the causes of disasters and climate change, ways to
addres disaster and climate risk and the processes to
integrate DRM and CC to everyday business. Equipped
with this knowledge the Executive were challenged
to identify ways to integrate DRM and CC across the
work of SPC and its eight Technical Divisions (Applied
Geoscience and Technology; Economic Development;
Education,
Training
and
Human
Development;
Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems; Land
Resources; Public Health, Statistics for Development,
Strategic Engagement,
Policy and
Planning). The
training concluded with a presentation of the outcomes
of a recent in -house workshop with SPC's technical
staff to draft an Action Plan for the integration of
climate change and disaster risk management at SPC.
The Executive were asked to review the Action Plan
and identify priorities for implementation through
collaboration between Divisions.
The course has created a heightened awareness of
DRM and CC among SPC's Executive and has sparked
a series of discussions regarding the ways in which the
Disaster Reduction Programme and Climate Change
team can work across SPC to support the integration
of DRM and Climate Change regionally. The course
will soon be made available to SPC staff in Suva and
Nouméa as
part
of
a
professional development
strategy to raise awareness and capacity in DRM and
CC across the organisation.
SPC
CPS
SECRETARIAT Of 'Pt PACIFIC COMMUNITY
Executive Learning Session on
Climate Change and Disaster
Risk Management
Prepared by
Brian Dawson, Kirstie Méheux and Mosese Sikivou
SPC Ececutive Planning Maetlng
Noumea
18 -22 March 2013
SPC '
CPS
SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY