In support of the US Government’s Indian Ocean
Tsunami Early Warning System program, ADPC,
together with the US Department of
Agriculture/US Forestry Service completed a
workshop entitled “Incorporating
the Incident Command System (ICS) into the
Government of Sri Lanka’s Disaster Response
System”
from 11-12 January. The government of Sri Lanka
has agreed to take steps to adopt ICS as a
critical component of its disaster management
programs, including tsunami early warning.
ADPC, in partnership with the Philippine Bureau
of Agricultural Statistics (BAS), conducted a
workshop on Agricultural Damage and Loss
Assessment Methodology on 12 January in Manila .
The methodology, which was jointly developed by
ADPC and BAS for the FAO-funded project “Damage
and Loss Assessment Methodology and Compendium
of Agriculture Risk Management Initiatives”
served as the key discussion piece during the
workshop and is being considered for adoption by
BAS.
