A DISASTER-RISK reduction and management (DRRM) initiative was recently launched to enhance local government units’ (LGUs) readiness capacities. The European Union (EU) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group, along with the Department of Finance (DOF), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), will spearhead the “Disaster…
THE Philippines has signed a €250 million policy-based loan agreement (approximately P14 billion) with France to build up local government units’ capacity for disaster preparedness and response. The loan agreement signed by officials of the Department of Finance and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) will be used to support the “Disaster…