The 2nd phase of a three-day 'Multi-Sector Preparedness Training Workshop' at Managers Training Centre in Emergency Services Academy was concluded, here Friday. The workshop was organized by Rescue 1122 in collaboration with International Organization for Migration (IOM) and United Nation's Office of Coordination on Humanitarian Affairs in a bid to strengthen the capacity of emergency officers and non-government organizations at local level in all districts of the Punjab to assess risks and manage all types of disasters.

The workshop covered the topics including Assessment & Human Coordination, Multi-Sector Response Standards and Camp Coordination & Camp Management (CCCM). Through this workshop, the members of the course were engaged with partners and district government stakeholders to build their capacity for assessment, information management and coordination.

Dr Ali Imam Syed, Adjutant Emergency Services Academy, was the Course Coordinator.

The objective of this multi-sector training was to enhance participants' understanding of multi-sector initial rapid assessments, coordination and key standards in order to strengthen response capacity.

The participants further learnt to fill key information gaps through provision of timely, informative data immediately after a disaster, with compatible results that can be combined, compared and mapped at the required breadth and scale during an emergency. While addressing the concluding ceremony of the workshop, DG Rescue 1122 Punjab Dr Rizwan Naseer thanked UN-IOM for assisting Punjab Emergency Service in capacity building of field officers/officials in different sectors of training specially CCCM, Assessment & Humanitarian Coordination and Multi-Sector Response Standards.

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