17 Officials from Five African Countries Visit South Korea to Learn About Its Disaster Response System

[Financial News]  Disaster-management officials from five African countries will visit South Korea to learn about its flood response and disaster forecasting and warning systems, among other things.
The National Disaster Safety Training Institute under MOIS said it will hold a training program from the 25th through the 5th of next month for 17 disaster-management officials from five African countries: Angola, the Republic of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria and the Republic of South Sudan.
This training is the first course in the “Strengthening Capacity for Disaster Response to the Climate Crisis” program, which will run for three years through 2028. It aims to share South Korea’s disaster-management policies and on-the-ground response experience to help participants prepare for climate-related disasters such as floods and droughts.
Participants will receive training on South Korea’s disaster-management system, flood forecasting and warning systems, the disaster safety communications network that uses information and communications technology (ICT), and on-site disaster command and recovery systems.
They will also visit disaster-management facilities and flood recovery sites. At the Urban Integrated Information Center in Sejong City, they will examine the integrated urban safety monitoring system. They will also visit a flood recovery site and a natural disaster risk improvement zone in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, to learn about flood damage recovery and prevention projects. At the Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water), they will tour the comprehensive situation room and water-management facilities.
Training conducted in conjunction with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) will cover the international community’s disaster risk reduction policies and early warning systems.
Participants will present on the climate-related disaster situation and disaster-management systems in their own countries, and draw up action plans for applying what they have learned to their countries.
Starting with its first training program this year, the National Disaster Safety Training Institute plans to continue training through 2028, tailored to each country’s disaster-management conditions and needs.
“Disasters caused by the climate crisis are a challenge that the international community must address together, beyond the level of individual countries,” said Moon Young-hoon, head of the National Disaster Safety Training Institute. “I hope this training will help strengthen participating countries’ capacity to respond to climate-related disasters through South Korea’s disaster-management experience and technology, and serve as an opportunity to expand cooperation with African countries in disaster safety.”


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