LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – A team from the provincial government of Pangasinan led by Governor Amado I. Espino, III leaves for Japan from May 18 to 23 to attend an international training related on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM).
The 2nd Knowledge Co-Creation Program (Private Partnership) training which will be held at Informatix Inc. in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, seeks to improve the DRRM – related operations with the GeoCloud, a Geographic Information System (GIS) from Japan which was implemented in Pangasinan by the Japanese government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
GeoCloud GIS allows users to manage data comprehensively for a more organized planning and resource utilization beneficial to disaster preparedness.
Also attending the training along with Governor Espino and Board Member Angel Baniqued, Jr. are: Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Rhodyn Luchinvar O. Oro, Management Information Services Officer Modesto Singson, Lingayen Mayor Josefina Castañeda and Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez.
Along with LGU – Pangasinan, the municipalities of Lingayen and Binmaley, and the city of Dagupan are the country’s pilot areas of the JICA-implemented GeoCloud GIS.
Organized by Informatix Inc., the said training likewise targets to upgrade the capability of information sharing with GeoCloud not only on DRRM, but also on city/town planning, engineering and other relevant disciplines.
Aside from showing actual cases on how the GeoCloud GIS is utilized in the cities of Kawasaki and Yokohama, experts will provide training participants information on the uses of GeoCloud, and various applications and technologies of GIS.
The 1st GeoCloud implementation by JICA in the Philippines is entitled “A Verification Survey to Disseminate Japanese Technology for Integrated GIS for Advancement of Regional Disaster Prevention/GeoCloud Integrated GIS.”
Governor Espino, who is on leave from May 18 to 23 (for GeoCloud GIS training in Japan) and on May 24 to June 6 (for personal trip to the United States of America), has designated Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr. Acting Governor during the said period.
By Dexter A. See
