Tag «disaster management»

ASEAN prepares future leaders on disaster management

JAKARTA, 1 April 2016 – The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (the AHA Centre) announced the start of the third batch of the AHA Centre Executive (ACE) Programme comprising sixteen officers from ASEAN Member States’ National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs). The official opening ceremony was held at the ASEAN Secretariat in …

University of Salford delivers disaster management training in UAE

  United Arab Emirates, 15 November 2015 – The University of Salford, United Arab Emirates (UAE), has joined forces with the Abu Dhabi Police to train and educate specialist Emirati agencies in leadership and disaster management. In collaboration with the police force, experts from the University of Salford delivered a specialist workshop entitled ‘Achieving Leadership …

Bridge & Roof awarded contract for Disaster Management

Bridge & Roof Co. (India) Ltd. (B&R) has been awarded a contract by The Project Director, Disaster Management Department, Govt. of West Bengal for Construction of Multipurpose Cyclone Shelters under NATIONAL CYCLONE RISK MITIGATION PROJECT (NCRMP-II) at South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and Purba Midnapur in West Bengal. The project is funded by International …

ASEAN, Australia Strengthen Partnership to Support Disaster Management and Emergency Response

JAKARTA, 19 May 2015 – ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General for Socio-Cultural Community, H.E. Alicia Dela Rosa Bala and Australia’s first resident Ambassador to ASEAN, H.E. Simon Merrifield, today signed Amendment No. 6 to the Cooperation Arrangement between ASEAN and the Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the ASEAN …

National Culture Fund and HUDCO Sign MoU to Create Website on Heritage and Disaster Management and Other Heritage Initiatives

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for forging partnership between National Culture Fund (NCF) and Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) for heritage initiatives was signed here today in the presence of the Minister of Culture and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja. Through a series of meetings and deliberations with NCF, HUDCO has outlined …