Participants from government departments and development partners met during the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) prioritization workshop today.
They reviewed suggested PDNA activities for each sector and prioritised implementation plans by order of magnitude and financial commitment.
Speaking to more than 30 participants while opening the workshop, the Ministry for Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management permanent secretary, Filipe Alifereti said the PDNA now featured significant loss dimension due to a natural disaster as well as taking stock of physical damage to property, infrastructure and productive assets.
Mr Alifereti said the workshop would also assist in identifying financial gaps to better assist people affected by disasters.
“The objectives are to draft a consolidated list of priority activities, identifying the funded portions and funding gaps as well as committing to an implementation and reporting schedule,” the permanent secretary said.
“The outcome of the workshop will form the basis of the Resourcing Needs Framework, which the Minister for National Disaster Management will present to Cabinet for consideration.”
He added that a very important outcome of the day-long workshop would be to identify some cost efficient methods that could be put in place quickly and add value to the disaster risk reduction initiatives currently underway.
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