MANILA, Philippines – Pinangunahan ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang ASEAN High-Level Forum ukol sa ASEAN Strategic Protocol for Emergency and Comprehensive Transformation (ASPECT) Framework nitong Miyerkules, Oktubre 7, sa Diamond Hotel sa Malate, Maynila.
Sa kanyang pambungad na mensahe, sinabi ni DSWD Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Undersecretary Diana Rose Cajipe na layunin ng ASPECT Framework na palakasin ang regional interoperability, cross-border facilitation, anticipatory approaches, financial resilience, multi-hazard preparedness, at community-based at protection-centered na pagtugon sa mga kalamidad.
Binigyang-diin naman ni DSWD Policy and Plans Group (PPG) Undersecretary Adonis Sulit, na chair ng Senior Officials’ Committee for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), ang pangangailangang pag-ugnayin ang social protection at disaster management upang maprotektahan ang mga komunidad laban sa kalamidad, krisis at iba pang shocks.
Dinaluhan ng mga lider mula sa ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM), Senior Officials Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (SOMSWD), development partners at mga teknikal na eksperto ang dalawang-araw na high-level forum.
Kabilang sa mga dumalo sa unang araw sina Presidential Special Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, na kumatawan kay Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro; DOST Secretary Renato Solidum Jr.; Deputy Secretary General for ASCC His Excellency San Lwin; WFP Philippines Representative at Country Director Regis Chapman; at Australia Deputy Head of Mission sa Pilipinas Nicholas Kay.
Dumalo rin ang mga opisyal ng DSWD na sina Assistant Secretary Leo Quintilla ng Resource and Logistics Management, Assistant Secretary Johannes Paulus Acuña ng Information and Communications Technology Management Service (ICTMS), at mga Regional Director ng DSWD Field Offices. SANTI CELARIO
