Orientation and workshop on flood contingency plan formulation for Iligan City, Philippines

Since December 2012, Project Climate Twin Phoenix, a project implemented by the Climate Change Commission and with support and technical assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Australian Government, has been conducting intensive vulnerability assessment of Iligan and Cagayan De Oro cities and training of local partners and community leaders to enable them to implement an integrated disaster/climate risk management approach to planning and programming at the local level. Moreover, the catastrophe that is Sendong also highlights the urgent need to develop priority mitigation and adaptation measures such as the conduct of contingency planning.

On October 9-10, the local government of Iligan, through the leadership of Mayor Celso Regencia, will undertake its first Orientation and Workshop on Flood Contingency Plan Formulation. The activity aims to familiarize Iligan city’s key government officials with government policies on disaster risk reduction and management and climate change adaptation measures, flood hazard mapping and early warning systems, among others. A workshop will also be held with the Office of Civil Defense in Region 10 as lead, to organize the city officials and staffs by cluster and to discuss the details in the formulation of the flood contingency plan. Technical officers and facilitators from Project Climate Twin Phoenix, along with representatives from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) and experts on the field of disaster risk management and planning will conduct the two-day activity.