U.S. government-supported training to boost Tonga's resilience against climate change and natural disasters
A USAID-supported training to boost Tonga's resilience against climate change and disasters was launched in Nuku'alofa on Monday.
The CEO of Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC), Paula Ma'u launched the training programme that will strengthen the skills of local government and NGO managers to better monitor and evaluate activities associated with the second Joint National Action Plan for Climate Change and Disaster Management (JNAP2).
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Ready project, is supporting the Government of Tonga to develop the JNAP2 Monitoring and Evaluation system via the Climate Resilience Monitoring and Evaluation course delivered in partnership with the University of the South Pacific.
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