The Ace Programme is a 6-month training course which aims to provide on-the-job training for disaster management professionals from national disaster management agencies (NDMOs) of ASEAN member-states. Included in the comprehensive courses of the program are special activities that facilitate the building of technical knowledge, master of procedures for coordinated and timely response and the planning and management of logistics for emergency response.
"The successful completion of the third batch of the ACE Programme is realized due to the joint and collaborative efforts of our partners and stakeholders,” said AHA Centre Executive Director Faisal. “We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) and its Preparedness and Response Working Group, the Government of Japan, ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Dialogue Partners as well as other partners that have supported the ACE Programme".
“Following the footsteps of the graduates, we hope that the sixteen officers of the third batch will also make good use of the knowledge and experiences acquired through the programme to play a leading role in their own NDMOs and to act as a foundation for building a regional network for disaster management", said Amb. Kazuo Sunaga, Japanese Ambassador to ASEAN after congratulating this year’s graduates.
Usec. Ricardo Jalad said that “it is our privilege to be part of this very significant activity of the AHA Centre: The ACE Programme Graduation.” He encouraged the ACE programme graduates to “let your ACE training be the element that will toughen your resolve to not only become excellent disaster management professionals but become more compassionate brethren to the nations who may have fallen into difficult times brought about by hazards and disasters.”
This project is supported by the Governments of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, The United States of America and various United Nations and international humanitarian agencies.
ACE Programme Batch 2016 is composed of 16 disaster management professionals, with two (2) hailing from each of the eight (8) ASEAN member-states namely: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam.
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