As a follow-up to the “Community based disaster management training course” held by IBC – International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation in Turkey during the month of October 2004, on the 4 th of January 2005, IBC's representatives in Bam / Iran organized an one day seminar forward to disseminate the information to other members of the local authorities from Bam and Kerman. |
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The seminar took place in Parastoo Hall in Arg-e Jadid (Bam) and more than 100 people attended it. The participants were representatives from the Governorate of Bam, Bam Municipality, Task Force Bam, Disaster Management Department Kerman, Kerman Governorate, Department of Martyrs Kerman, Cooperative Department Bam, Culture Department Bam, Bam city's Shoura (Islamic City Council), Bam NGO Office, Bam Education Department, Reconstruction responsibles from zones 9, 7, 8, 4, 12, 10 and 1 of the city of Bam, BAFIA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Foreigners Department), Post Department Bam, Housing Foundation, Bam Health Network, Bam Water Department, Bam Communication Center, Identification Department, Bam Firefighters Department, Imam Khomeini Foundation, SEPAH Armed Force, Baravat Shoura, Esfikan village's Shoura, Dehbekri Shoura, Baravat Municipality, Cheheltokhm village's Shoura, Poshtrood village's Shoura, Islamabad village's Shoura, Zeid Abad village's Shoura, Rigan village's Shoura, Jahrom village's Shoura and also IRNA Broadcasting and IRAN TV. After registration, all the participants received a 200 pages information pack with information on disaster preparedness and management. The speakers were members of the Task Force and Disaster Management Department, who worked in Bam after the earthquake and who attended the training in Istanbul . They transmitted the information and knowledge accumulated during the course in Turkey to the representatives of the local authorities who still have to deal with the post disaster situation in Bam. |
The Governor of Bam, Mr. Rafizadeh |
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The program of the seminar was as following: 08:30 – 09:00 , Venue & Registration 09:00 – 09:05 , Koran reading 09:05 – 09:10 , National hymns (Islamic Republic of Iran & Republic of Turkey) 09:10 – 09:30 , Speech of the Governor of Bam 09:30 – 09:45 , Speech of Miss Ana Oprisan, representative of IBC Turkey in Bam 09:45 – 10:30 , “Disaster preparedness” , by Mr. Akbar Alavi, Head of the Disaster Management Department – Governorate of Kerman 10:30 – 11:00 , Coffee break 11:00 – 11:20 , “The necessity of disaster management groups” , by Mr. Bajian, representative of Kerman Governorate 11:20 – 11:40 , “Mobile & Internet in disaster situations” , by Mr. Rezai, Head of Communication Department in Bam 11:40 – 12:15 , “Disaster preparedness and management in Bam” , by Mr. Estekhamet, representative of Baravat Islamic City Council 12:15 – 13:30 , Prayer and Lunch time 13:30 – 13:50 , “Disaster management, rescue and shelter” , by Mr. Shirazi, representative from the Governorate of Kerman 13:50 – 14:10 , “Problems of drainage in Kerman province” , by Mr. Mansari, Governorate of Kerman 14:10 – 14:30 , “Bam Earthquake. Lessons learned”, by Mr. Derijani, Bam Islamic City Council 14:30 – 15:00 , Coffee break 15:00 – 15:50 , “Comparison of disaster around the globe and the necessity of a Disaster Management Department” , by Mr. Akbar Alavi 15:50 – 16:10 , Summaries of the workshop. Questions and answers by Miss Ana Oprisan & Mr. Akbar Alavi 16:10 – 16:30 , Closure ceremony |
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During the closure ceremony, the Task Force and the Disaster Management Department newly established in the Governorate of Kerman expressed their gratitude to the organizers of the training in Turkey and the follow up seminar, their trainers in Turkey, Mr. Merick Chatfield, Mr. Zubair Murshed and Ms. Alina Turtoi, coming from the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Thailand. Also at the end of the ceremony a gratitude certificate was handed to IBC's representative in Bam, Ms. Ana Oprisan, for all the work done in Bam since after the earthquake. |
Added: 10/01/2005 |
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