ISLAMABAD:Director General of South Asia Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ito Teruyuki on Thursday called on Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik.
DG JICA discussed matters of mutual interest including future possible cooperation to strengthen the enduring relationship between the two organizations, a news release said.
The chairman NDMA emphasized on developing mutual intellectual and academic fora as a collective approach towards disaster mitigation and disaster risk reduction through exchange programs with the advanced outlook of the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in Pakistan.
He underscored the potential areas of technological inputs to enhance capacity and disaster risk projection by NDMA through the newly conceptualized National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) and investment in building the capacity of national emergency response and preparedness through sharing experience, training and transfer of technology in the field of Disaster Management.
Both sides agreed on shared climate security’s universal applicability of standard protocols; and conducting seminars & workshops to deliberate upon disaster mitigation templates of developed world during emergencies and crisis.