Workshop Discusses Integrated Framework for Cost-Effective Disaster Risk Management in the PRC.
ENPNewswire-September 17, 2021--Workshop Discusses Integrated Framework for Cost-Effective Disaster Risk Management in the PRC
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[ADB Director General for East Asia M. Teresa Kho, ADB Country Director for the PRC Yolanda Fernandez Lommen, and EASS Director Sangay Penjor led a technical assistance inception workshop in the PRC. Senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Emergency Management, and the Development and Reform Commission of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as well as project consultants and officers, attended the event.]
ADB Director General for East Asia M. Teresa Kho, ADB Country Director for the PRC Yolanda Fernandez Lommen, and EASS Director Sangay Penjor led a technical assistance inception workshop in the PRC. Senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Emergency Management, and the Development and Reform Commission of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as well as project consultants and officers, attended the event.
BEIJING, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (16 September 2021) - An integrated framework for cost-effective disaster risk management is required to support sustainable development in the People's Republic of China (PRC), participants at a workshop in Beijing convened by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) discussed today.
The inception workshop discussed an ADB technical assistance (TA) on Integrated Framework for Cost-Effective Disaster Risk Management. The TA aims to develop frameworks, build capacity, provide technical guidance, and define cost-effective options for disaster risk management in the PRC. The TA will also foster regional partnerships among the PRC and neighboring countries on improving disaster preparedness and resilience.
'This is ADB's first TA across ministries in the PRC to address its demand for capacity building related to disaster risk challenges,' said ADB Director General for East Asia Teresa Kho. 'The TA not only collectively engages major stakeholders to improve institutional arrangements and governance for disaster risk management, but also develops tailored solutions for disaster risk management considering geographic and economic...
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