MSU-IIT hosts a forum on Mainstreaming Flood Disaster Preparedness
Iligan City – The MSU-IIT Sustainable Development Studies Program of the School of Graduate Studies and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension partnered with ECOWEB and CAFOD in hosting a forum on Mainstreaming Flood Disaster Preparedness on Friday, January 13, 2012. Mainstreaming basically means an approach in responding to a hazard which necessitates massive information drive to make all stakeholders be informed about the impact of the calamities, their responsibilities in reducing risk and their roles in the implementation of the action plan. Representatives from civil society organizations, government entities and private sectors joined the affair. The first resource person Dir. Malu Fellizar - Cagay of the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) shared The PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT (DRRM) Act of 2010 which is REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10121. It’s an “An Act Strengthening the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System, Prov...