| Azlan Othman |
THE National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) has established a framework with the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) as the operational body through the initiatives stated in the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response signed in 2009, said Deputy Permanent Secretary (Security and Welfare) at the Ministry of Home Affairs Ajman bin Haji Meludin.
He made the statement at the opening of Brunei Familiariation Workshop Regional and International Mechanism on Disaster Management at the CAE Brunei Multi-Purpose Training Centre (MPTC) yesterday.
The workshop was organised by AHA Centre in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).
“The workshop was organised to provide participants a platform to discuss, share and exchange information to devise strategies for disaster or incident management,” he added. “Our stakeholders can expand their network and learn the tools and principles of how our regional and international partners managed humanitarian affairs,” Ajman added.
The workshop aims to expose stakeholder agencies involved in national disaster management to regional and international mechanisms, values and procedures as well as to expand their work on disaster management.
The workshop also provides opportunities to introduce disaster management systems in Southeast Asia and internationally, incident management procedures and best practices in the various sectors in disaster management in general.
Director of NDMC Colonel (Rtd) Pengiran Haji Maiddin bin Pengiran Haji Said, Executive Director of AHA Centre Adelina Kamal, Coordinating Officer in Southeast Asia Region for UNOCHA Oliver Lacey-Hall, senior officials of the NDMC and stakeholder agencies from both the government and non-government sectors were also present.
The workshop is delivered by experts from the AHA Centre and UNOCHA.
The NDMC also offers a wide range of courses in disaster management and incidents through the MPTC to the public and government officials since 2017.