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INDONESIA HOLDS INT'L WORKSHOP ON DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE
Jakarta, Oct 14 (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an international workshop on disaster risk management and climate change in Gran Melia Hotel, Jakarta.
The workshop on "Enhancing South-South Cooperation Role in Disater Risk Management in Asia Pasific: Focusing on Climate Change Adaptation" is in partnership with the Non Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation (NAM CSSTC), United Nations Economic and Social Comission for Asia and The Pasific (UN ESCAP) and UNDP Special Unit for South South Cooperation.
The workshop is aimed to promote the capacity and the experience of various government institutions in Indonesia on disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in handling natural disasters.
"The workshop is also aimed to be a forum of sharing the experience and knowledge as well as information between Indonesia and other members of the workshop," Esti Andayani, Director for Technical Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in her opening remarks here Tuesday.
"It is in this framework of cooperation that we have been working together to promote development in our world of developing countries," she added.
The program is among the projects covered by the Work Plan of the "Annual Consultation Meeting on South-South Cooperation for Tsunami and Other Disaster Risk Management", held in Jakarta, November last year.
"I am pleased to say that this international workshop is a follow-up of the Work Plan," Andayani said.
"Apart from it, the workshop is also a reflection of Indonesia's commitment to the spirit of cooperation. To this point, Indonesia has taken an active part in sharing its capacity in the form of trainings, workshops and in various sectors of development," she explained.
About 30 participants from 13 developing countries in Asia and the Pasific took part in the three-day (Oct 14-17) workshop. The workshop was officially opened by Acting Director for the Agency for Policy Analysis and Development (BPPK) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The workshop on "Enhancing South-South Cooperation Role in Disater Risk Management in Asia Pasific: Focusing on Climate Change Adaptation" is in partnership with the Non Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation (NAM CSSTC), United Nations Economic and Social Comission for Asia and The Pasific (UN ESCAP) and UNDP Special Unit for South South Cooperation.
The workshop is aimed to promote the capacity and the experience of various government institutions in Indonesia on disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in handling natural disasters.
"The workshop is also aimed to be a forum of sharing the experience and knowledge as well as information between Indonesia and other members of the workshop," Esti Andayani, Director for Technical Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in her opening remarks here Tuesday.
"It is in this framework of cooperation that we have been working together to promote development in our world of developing countries," she added.
The program is among the projects covered by the Work Plan of the "Annual Consultation Meeting on South-South Cooperation for Tsunami and Other Disaster Risk Management", held in Jakarta, November last year.
"I am pleased to say that this international workshop is a follow-up of the Work Plan," Andayani said.
"Apart from it, the workshop is also a reflection of Indonesia's commitment to the spirit of cooperation. To this point, Indonesia has taken an active part in sharing its capacity in the form of trainings, workshops and in various sectors of development," she explained.
About 30 participants from 13 developing countries in Asia and the Pasific took part in the three-day (Oct 14-17) workshop. The workshop was officially opened by Acting Director for the Agency for Policy Analysis and Development (BPPK) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
