A
delegation from Shanghai Municipal Civil Defense Office, Shanghai,
P. R. China visited ADPC from 6 – 10 November 2005
Mr. Liu Nanshan, the Director-General
of Shanghai Municipal Civil Defense Office (SCDO) led a delegation
of seven senior and middle level officials from 6-10 November to
ADPC. The SCDO is the key government agency responsible for disaster
management in Shanghai and ADPC has maintained a very good relationship
with SCDO. Among their various other scheduled programmes, the
delegates were invited to the opening ceremony of the 32nd Disaster
Management Course (DMC-32) on the 7th November, where they were
warmly welcomed by Dr. Suvit Yodmani, Executive Director of ADPC.
The objective of this visit provided
a chance for the senior officials of ADPC and SCDO to meet and
initiate a dialogue to establish a training center on disaster
management in Shanghai, as well as the development of a capacity
building program on disaster management between ADPC and SCDO.
Both the organizations have agreed to take proactive action to
establish the collaboration.
The delegates visited the Department
of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) of Thailand’s
Ministry of Interior and had discussion with the Director-General
of DDPM and his colleagues. They also visited one of the DDPM’s
Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Academies, which is located
in Pathum Thani Province. In addition, the delegation met officials
from the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA). The delegates were
very pleased with the outcomes of their visit to Bangkok.
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