SARGODHA: A three-day Training and Simulation Exercise (SIMEX) on disaster risk reduction through preparedness and response planning kick started at Sargodha University on Tuesday.
The training was organized by the University of Sargodha in collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab. The event was sponsored by Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC).
The exercise was designed to make the participant practice all imparted concepts and procedures of disaster contingency planning.
The training will cover a host of related topics to complete Disaster Management Cycle beside important subjects like gender and child protection, national and international DRR frameworks, early warning systems, logistics and warehouse management while the simulation exercise will focus on disaster preparedness and response planning.
Dr Ishtiaq Ahmad, the Vice Chancellor Sargodha University, while addressing the opening ceremony of the workshop, remarked that Pakistan is one of the countries hit-hard by the climate change and it has been bearing huge human and material loss due to floods, earthquake and other natural calamities, therefore, it is imperative to be prepared for averting any untoward incident in the wake of climate change.
He informed the ceremony that Sargodha University has so far planted 4,000 plants as part of the government’s Plant for Pakistan drive. The university will plant 100,000 plants in total to reduce the drastic effects of global warming and climate change, he added.
The Vice Chancellor expressed his gratitude to NIDM and appreciated its efforts towards achieving the goal of resilient Pakistan. He emphasized the need for such training to be conducted frequently in order to build the capacity of government officials and other stakeholders of Sargodha Division. He also expressed his consent for long term collaboration in the form of signing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in research, development and Capacity Building.
Brig (r) Fiaz Hussain, Senior Capacity Building Specialist thanked the Vice Chancellor for extending his support and hosting the event at the university. He appreciated the simulation exercise and its methodology which enabled the participants to understand concepts in a much better and practical manner. He also praised the role played by NIDM and NDMA in advocating for resilience and disaster preparedness.
The training workshop, coordinated by the Department of Education, University of Sargodha, was conducted by the resource persons of the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), an integral part of the NDMA.
Many officials of the university, PDMA Punjab, different government line departments of Sargodha division, District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMAs), Armed Forces of Pakistan, Punjab Police and local NGOs attended the session.
It is worth mentioning here that the workshop will continue till November 08 in which many eminent speakers including Lt Col Nadeem Khan from NIDM and Khalid Zaheer from World Food Programme will address.
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