For the first time after the two-year COVID 19 pandemic, A-PAD Philippines opened its doors to a two-day face-to-face activity dubbed “Strengthening Risk Communication and Community Engagement in the new normal Workshop” held June 22 to 23 at Savoy Hotel, Pasay, Metro Manila.
Representatives from the academe, government offices and organizations, media, Civil Society Groups (CSOs), non-government organizations (NGOs) and medical institutions among others, were invited to take part in the discussion regarding risk communication.
“Risk communication is an important component in any disaster risk management plan. These two-day training workshop aims to capacitate our key stakeholders to integrate effective messaging approaches in their preparedness and response plans. All these efforts contribute to creating safer, adaptive, and disaster-resilient communities,” A-PAD Philippines Executive Director Althea Peñaloza said in an interview.
About 20 participants coming from Bicol, Central Luzon, and National Capital Region took part in the activity and actively participated in the workshop led by a panel of disaster experts.
Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Camarines Sur, Albay and Tarlac provincial offices were represented by their provincial information center managers, namely, Ana-Liza Macatangay, Salvacion Altea and Trixie Joy Manalili respectively. Bicol University (BU), Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Camarines Sur Chapter, Mariners Polytechnic Colleges-Baras, and TABI were also invited.