This site uses cookies, as explained in our terms of use. If you consent, please close this message and continue to use this site.
Building on collaborations on disaster management in Gilgit Baltistan in 2017, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the Gilgit Baltistan Disaster Management Authority (GB-DMA), and the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) have reinforced their commitment to improve disaster risk management in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan, by joining hands to develop the Disaster Risk Management Plan of Gilgit Baltistan.
0 mins Read
ICIMOD, AKAH, and GB-DMA signed a tripartite agreement at a partnership-signing ceremony in Islamabad on 27 February 2018. The team also discussed the glacier monitoring and hazard management activity progress. AKAH and GB-DMA committed to developing a mechanism for the sustainable operation, repair, and maintenance and ownership of the community based flood early warning system (CBFEWS) installed in Gilgit Baltistan.
Mr Yahya Akhunzada, the Director General of GBDMA, applauded ICIMOD and AKAH efforts in disaster management and emphasized the need to pilot and upscale cheaper and smarter CBFEWS throughout the region. He also requested that ICIMOD and AKAH help develop a budget estimate to develop GB-DMA’s central data collection system and warning centre. Dr David Molden, the Director General of ICIMOD, pledged ongoing support to Pakistan’s government and community institutions, and highlighted the partnership in disaster risk management in Gilgit Baltistan as key to enabling mountain people to understand and respond to consequences of climate change. Mr Nawab Ali Khan, the Chief Executive Officer of AKAH, thanked ICIMOD’s support for AKAH and GB-DMA, and recalled the common bond between AKAH, ICIMOD, and GB-DMA for efficient disaster management in Gilgit Baltistan.
Share
Stay up to date on what’s happening around the HKH with our most recent publications and find out how you can help by subscribing to our mailing list.
Related content
An ICIMOD delegation participated in the Mountain Futures Conference: Nurturing Seeds for Change in the Anthropocene, held in Kunming, China from ...
The two share their experiences from the event: Inka Koch, Glacier Hydrologist, ICIMOD It was an honour to present our research on ...
After a yearlong effort through an action research by ICIMOD’s Koshi Basin Programme (KBP) and its partner Green Governance of Nepal ...
Along the border of China and Pakistan, some fifteen thousand feet above sea level at Khunjerab pass, more than 5,000 ...
ICIMOD is leading the LAKI process, a collaborative initiative between the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ...
To address rural energy problems, twenty seven villagers from Kyang Taung, Kyang Nur, Pantin, Thyetpin, Antpet and Zeyar, Myanmar were ...
ICIMOD, in collaboration with thegovernment of Kyber Pakhtunkhawa, hosted a National Technical Consultation meeting — Karakoram-Pamir-Wakhan Transboundary Conservation and Development ...
Women are increasingly getting an education in underdeveloped/developing countries, despite this by no means being the norm (for example, according ...