DILG to hold summit on Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change

Sunday 3rd of June 2012

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, June 3 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will hold a series of regional summits aimed to promote advocacy on the local government’s institutionalization of disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation and mitigation measures.

Dubbed “Tapatan on Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change Adaptation: A Call to Action,” the series of summits will be conducted in selected cities all over the country.

In Region 10, it will be held on July 4, 2012 at Grand Caprice Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City.

Regional Director Rene K. Burdeos said that these series of summits conducted by DILG, is in line with Republic Act No. 10121 or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, to respond to the clamor of different sectors of society to strengthen the disaster preparedness efforts of local government units following the occurrence of various calamities in many parts of the country recently.

Burdeos said target participants to the summit are all provincial governors, city and municipal mayors of Northern Mindanao. Other participants shall include the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officers (LDRRMOs) as well as representatives from DRRM-CCA partner Regional Line Agencies, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Private Companies engaged in disaster-related corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects, Leaders of Communities at Risks, Press and Media Staff.

At the end of the summit, participants are expected to sign a Pledge of Commitment for the disaster preparedness to show their firms resolve to carry out their respective local disaster risk reduction and management plans. (Ana Celeste W. Felisilda/DILG/PIA10)