AKIPRESS.COM - The Kyrgyz government, Korea International Cooperation Agency, Japan International Cooperation Agency will hold a joint seminar on disaster management on March 16-17 in Bishkek as a part of the Multi-Year Joint Capacity Development Program on Disaster Management (MJCD program).

The given Program was started in 2012 under the memorandum of understanding between KOICA and JICA. The Program includes training courses by KOICA and JICA and a follow-up seminar in the partner countries every year.

The 3rd joint seminar in Bishkek is aimed to share Japanese and Korean experiences, knowledge and techniques on disaster management and will include: 1) lectures by experts from Korea and Japan on national disaster management system, experiences of Japanese mega disasters, landslide and slope hazards risk management, disaster management education; 2) lectures by experts from the Kyrgyz Republic on emergency management situation; 3) land slide site visit; 4) follow-up presentations from ex-participants of KOICA and JICA’s training programs; 5) open discussions among all participants in the field of disaster management.

The goal of MJCD program is to tackle disaster management issues in developing countries to protect people from threats and to build more disaster resilient societies that range from the policy level to the field level. Participating countries are Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Armenia, Chile, Belize, etc.