Prov’l team trains in Japan on DRRM
LINGAYEN– A team from the provincial government led by Gov. Amado Espino, III enplaned for Japan on May 18 for a 7-day training on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM).
The 2nd Knowledge Co-Creation Program (Private Partnership) training is being held at Informatix Inc. in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, seeks to improve the DRRM – related operations with the GeoCloud, a Geographic Information System (GIS) from Japan which was implemented in Pangasinan by the Japanese government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
GeoCloud GIS allows users to manage data comprehensively for a more organized planning and resource utilization beneficial to disaster preparedness.
Also attending the training along with Espino and Board Member Angel Baniqued, Jr. are: Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhodyn Luchinvar O. Oro, Management Information Services Officer Modesto Singson, Lingayen Mayor Josefina Castañeda and Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez.
Besides the provincial government, Lingayen, Binmaley, and Dagupan City are the country’s pilot areas for the JICA-implemented GeoCloud GIS.
Organized by Informatix Inc., the training aims to upgrade the pilot areas’ capability for information sharing with GeoCloud not only on DRRM, but also on city/town planning, engineering and other relevant disciplines.
Aside from demonstrating actual cases on how the GeoCloud GIS is utilized in the cities of Kawasaki and Yokohama, experts will provide training participants information on the uses of GeoCloud, and various applications and technologies of GIS.
The 1st GeoCloud implementation by JICA in the Philippines is entitled “A Verification Survey to Disseminate Japanese Technology for Integrated GIS for Advancement of Regional Disaster Prevention/GeoCloud Integrated GIS.”
Espino, who is on leave from May 18 to 23 (for GeoCloud GIS training in Japan) and on May 24 to June 6 (for personal trip to the United States of America), has designated Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr. Acting-Governor in his absence. (PIO/MGNO)
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