December 18, 2017: Pakistan is classified as being extremely vulnerable to natural disasters resulting from its geographical location, the frequency of occurrence of natural disasters and the number of affected people. The country has a wide variety of geological features including high mountain ranges, plains, deserts and coastal areas. Pakistan is particularly prone to a range of natural disasters associated with these features, such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, storms, cyclones, tsunamis, avalanches, landslides and extreme temperature conditions.
3 day training was held in Islamabad with the aim to help participants grasp techniques for effective and timely Post-disaster Needs Assessment.
Around 30 representatives from National Disaster Management Authority, Provincial Disaster Management Authorities, Gilgit Disaster Management Authority, FATA Disaster Management Authority, State Disaster Management Authority AJK, Provincials Agriculture and Livestock Departments, WFP, IOM,UNDP ,International and National NGOs received the training.
Ms Dominique Blariaux , Consultant DRM conducting the training in which she emphasized the importance of coordination at the national and provincial level to improve the quality of baseline structure and harmonization of assessment tools among other topics.
The Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) is a globally accepted methodology and detailed assessment process that provide comprehensive assessment of impacts of a disaster on sectors and the needs for medium and long-term recovery planning. With the overarching aim to strengthen the Agriculture sector capacity for disaster risk management in Pakistan, it is planned to develop a pool of Agriculture sector PDNA experts at federal, provincial and regional level.
The training will enable Disaster Management Authorities and major actors in the DRM sector to prepare a cadre of experts in conducting PDNA for the agriculture sector.