ILOILO City – About 180 representatives from member-agencies of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) and DRRMCs of local government units (LGUs) were taught how to make their own strategic and contingency plans during a recent two-day training-workshop.
On the first day, participants formulated and drafted their own strategic plans, containing the mission, vision, goals and objectives for local DRRM programs, said PDRRMC executive director Jerry Bionat.
As for the contingency planning side, the participants were taught of resource identification and hazard identification and preparation.
“The strategy and contingency plans are not necessarily an urgency but are needs,’” said Bionat.
The participants learned how to make the said plans using a standard form and these would serve as a guide in future DRRM programs of DRRMCs of LGUs.
Some DRRMCs already have existing strategic and contingency plans, but do not follow the standard.
Through the activity, “they can determine their future plans, assess their capabilities, and introduce improvements, if not revisions, of their plans and programs,” said Bionat.
According to Bionat, the plans are in draft form, but will be presented to the respective councils of the representatives for comments and possible revisions.
“These will be passed and I have to review all of their outputs for later presentation and approval by the respective councils,” he said.
Representatives of DRRMCs are composed of DRRM officers, social welfare officers and planning officers.
Population officers from the provincial government, who are assigned in different areas, were also present during the training-workshop.
As for the PDRRMC, a separate activity will take place to finalize its own strategic and contingency plans. (PIA-6/PN)
