PlanSmart: Revolutionizing disaster risk reduction in PH
The PlanSmart Ready to Rebuild Web Application, an automated planning tool envisioned to revolutionize the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) planning processes in the country is set to be launched on Wednesday, Sept. 14, the Department of Science and Technology said.
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The app will empower Local Government Units (LGU) to formulate their Rehabilitation and Recovery Plan (RRP) faster and improve decision-making and planning for pre- and post-disaster events. It leverages the GeoRiskPH Integrated Platform and the Ready to Rebuild (R2R) Program, auto-generating a Rehabilitation and Recovery Plan through a Pro-forma RRP document template.
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Through the R2R Program, about 1,800 participants from 350 LGUs and national government agencies beefed up their capacity and developed their respective RRPs even before natural and human-induced disasters happen. The Program covered pre-and post-disaster activities from gathering baseline disaster data, formulating an RRP and its subsequent financing and implementation, facilitating emergency procurement, crafting a communications strategy, and instituting monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.
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The launch of the PlanSmart app also signals the beginning of a series of training activities designed to enable LGUs, particularly data managers, DRRM officers, planning officers, and other staff involved in disaster rehabilitation and recovery programs to learn how to use the app for the creation of their local RRPs.
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