The Weekly Electronic Press Circular of the Office of the President
"Democracy, Development, Dignity and Discipline"
C9) 12/5/09: Please find below two Press Notices from the Natural Disaster Management Office:
a) Invitation to Stakeholders workshop 18-20 May; and
b) Invitation to a donation ceremony at Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Office.
C9a) Press Notice: The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) wishes to invite you to a high level three day workshop attended by various stakeholders to be held in Gaborone, Maharaj Conference Centre from the 18 - 20 May 2009 starting at 0800 hours.
The purpose of the workshop is to discuss and finalize the National Disaster Management plan that will be the guiding document for effective and organized response against all the disasters affecting the country.
The three days will comprise of, the first two days discussing all aspects of disaster management including the draft national disaster management and contingency plans which will be reviewed and finalized by all the government and non government stakeholders participating in the event. While the third day will be dedicated to veld fires disaster reduction strategy taking into account the severity of the hazard and upcoming season that will soon be upon us.
The methodology of this workshop will be interactive and recommendations made by participants would be incorporated in the plan in order to make it a final version of national Disaster Management Plan. Each District Disaster Management Committees (DDMC) will be represented by five (5) participants including District Commissioner and Council Secretary. Participants from government departments, districts disaster management committees and non-governmental actors are expected to come with their own disaster management plans and they are expected to share their experiences.
Lastly, we envisage the outcome of the entire event will be a finalized National Disaster Management and a national fire reduction and response strategy well in time hence your participation is very crucial.
C9b) Press Notice: Invitation to a donation ceremony at Minister of
Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Office at OP
The National Disaster Management Office would like to invite your highly esteemed office, to a donation ceremony for the people affected by the floods in the Okavango and Chobe regions. The ceremony will be held Thursday 14 May 2009 at 2:00pm in the Office of the Minister of
Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, and it will be ideal if you arrive there 15 minutes before the event starts. The donation will be from The Old Apostolic Church in Francistown.
Thank you in advance.
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