15th October, 2019 The Director for the National Emergency Management Office Mr. Mafua-‘i-Vai’utukakau Maka opened the Emergency Management Roadmap Meeting taking place in FWC hall, Fanga ‘o Pilolevu from 15th to the 16th of October 2019.
The National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) under the Ministry of MEIDECCC in collaboration with Pacific Islands Emergency Management Alliance (PIEMA) project under the Secretariat of the Pacific community (SPC) is conducting a two day meeting with line ministries and key stakeholders to develop Tonga’s Emergency Management Roadmap.
The purpose of the meeting is to develop the Tonga Emergency Management Roadmap (EMR) which aims to enable in-country emergency management agencies to collectively identify their common needs, challenges and goals and to jointly map an integrated approach to address trust, leadership and teamwork issues over an agreed timeframe. The roadmap will articulate emergency management priorities to improve how communities in Tonga are served by professional agencies, to be better prepared for, responding to and recovering from emergencies and disasters.
This two day workshop will allow those present the opportunity to contribute to the Emergency Management Roadmap (EMR) and ensure priorities of their agencies and Clusters are considered and included in the EMR Action Plan.
Mr Glenn Benham, Assistant Chief Fire Officer from South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service is also attending this meeting as twinning partner of Tonga Fire and Emergency Services and a representative of the Pacific Islands Liaison Officer Network from Australia.
The facilitators of this two day meeting are Consultants from the SPC PIEMA Project Ms Gina Jones and Ms Laisa Radio and Mr Luke Millar from the Whitelum Group/Arup.
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For more information, please contact NEMO at 26 340.