“For the purpose, it is linking Rescue 1122 and Centre for Disaster Preparedness and Management with volunteer and social activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” Dr Zafar told the inaugural session of the fourth two-day National Disaster Management Exhibition at Sheikh Mohammad Taimur Academic Block of University of Peshawar here.
The exhibition was organised by Centre for Disaster Preparedness and Management in collaboration with AFC International and Pakistan Science Foundation.
The NDMA chairman said his organisation was adopting the Malaysian model of disaster preparedness and mitigation as a national policy.
He said the National Policy of Disaster Risk Reduction was in the final stage of approval besides the NDMA has prepared a 10 years plan for disaster risk reduction as well.
Dr Iqbal said the government was introducing the Disaster Risk Insurance for the entire population.
“It will cover compensation to individuals for their losses in cases of untoward happenings. This move is being taken to ensure systemic institutional response to disasters,” he said.
The NDMA chairman said Pakistan was the first country to have come up with such policies and solutions for its countrymen, and as, the most experienced country in disasters.
He said the mechanism development had been made on the formula of one disaster manager per 100 people and therefore, it would generate 1.8 million jobs for Pakistani youth in the government and nongovernmental organisations in near future.
CDPM director Professor Amir Nawaz Khan said the centre was offering the stand alone BS and MSc degree level programme from this year, besides one year diplomas for disaster management practitioners in the country.
He added that the centre was the first one of its kind in South Asia and presently three hundred and fifty students are enrolled with them which would available in the job market within two years.
Thursday 8 november 2012
http://dawn.com/2012/11/08/districts-to-have-disaster-management-bodies/
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