Swiss specialists to conduct mountain rescue trainings in Mestia
From February 26 to March 04, two Swiss Specialists from Alpine Rescue Centre (ARC) will conduct winter mountain rescue training for a team of 15 rescuers in Mestia. The mixed team consists of rescuers from Ministry of Internal Affairs, Samegrelo – Upper Svaneti Rescue unit and Mestia municipal fire-fighter &Rescue unit will participate in the training. The main focus of the training will be on avalanche rescue. The required mountain rescue equipment was provided by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).
The above mentioned training and equipment is provided within the frame of Swiss funded Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) project; “Prevention and Preparedness at local level, phase I”:
The project aims at assisting the Government of Georgia in its endeavour to improve DRR capacities by:
- Identifying and increasing awareness regarding disaster risks among local authorities and communities;
- Establishing a local disaster management strategy to reduce disaster risks.
- Strengthening the rescue system through improved basic rescue capacities at the local level and by building up mountain rescue capacities.
Total budget of the project (phase I: October 2011 to August 2012), as allocated by SDC, amounts to 900’000 GEL. The project partners are: The Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Environment Protection, the two Governor’s offices of Samegrelo – Upper Svaneti and Racha – Lechkhumi, Lower Svaneti and six selected municipalities of the two regions.
Contact person:
David Tchitchinadze
National Program Officer
Tel: 2 25 36 82/3; 2 22 37 21; 2 22 78 63 Cell : 599 22 58 72 Fax: 2 25 36 84 E-mail: david.tchitchinadze@sdc.net