Present at the handover were the Commissioners for the four divisions: Central, Eastern, Northern and Western. Each division will be allocated a desktop and a laptop for use in their respective Divisional Emergency Operation Centres. A Memorandum of Agreement was also signed at the handover outlining the roles and responsibilities of SOPAC and the Ministry in support of the initiative "Strengthening Disaster Information Management Systems".
The initiative is an opportunity for the National Disaster Management Office and Commissioners’ offices to better collaborate with other Government Departments, such as ITC Services, the Bureau of Statistics, and the Fiji Lands Information System (FLIS), to help establish and maintain disaster information management systems with added features such as Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Once in operation the system will support the provision of accurate spatial information in disaster affected areas and enhance response planning and other critical activities during disasters.
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| Dr Russell Howorth and Mr Manasa Vaniqi sign the Memorandum of Agreement between SOPAC and the Ministry of Provincial Development, Multi Ethnic Affairs, National Disaster Management and Sugar | Mr Manasa Vaniqi on behalf of the Fiji Government receives the equipment from Russell Howorth, Director, SOPAC. |
The Strengthening Disaster Information Management Systems initiative for the Fiji National Disaster Management Office is supported by members of the Pacific Disaster Risk Management Partnership Network
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