The meeting was held at the Central Police Station headquarters, Wednesday 10th April 2024, with Sergeant Jeanine Fred-Maria, the Health and Safety Officer and a registered nurse by profession of Seychelles Police Force. According to the Disaster Risk Management Act 2014, Part II 4(1)(h), it is within the DRMD’s mandate to review and monitor plans […]
The Disaster Risk Management Division (DRMD) hosted interview with the Seychelles TODAY News Agency. The Disaster Risk Management Division welcomed Mr. Joshua Marie from the TODAY’s news agency for an interview today, Wednesday 27th March 2024. The interview was in regards to the Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) awareness workshop held at the Ephelia […]
In collaboration with the Seychelles Fire and Rescue Services Agency (SFRSA), the Disaster Risk Management Division, represented by Mr. Daniel Cetoupe, Chief Risk Management Officer, met with responding partners on La Digue. This collaboration is to clarify the roles and responsibilities of respective partners in an event of an emergency response, as well as the […]
The Disaster Risk Management Division (DRMD) hosted a press conference yesterday afternoon to give an overview of the plan to begin the recovery phase after the two disasters that happened on the 6th & 7th December. The Chief Risk Management Officer of DRMD Mr. Daniel Cetoupe, explained that the division is working in collaboration with […]
On the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of November 2023, DRMD in collaboration with its partners organized a 3-day training session to help Seychelles become more resilient and prepared to the threat of Tsunamis. Included in the event was the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs, UNESCO-IOC, BMKG Indonesia, UNDRR, and other local stakeholders. The […]
Today, MLGCA, in collaboration with DRMD, has officially launched its 2nd workshop to operationalise the National Incident Command System with the aim of Building resilient communities. The workshop is being held for 2 days. The sessions will include integration of the National platform for DRR into the functions of the Regional District teams, volunteer management, […]
The Disaster Risk Management Division held its first staff retreat on Saturday 22nd July 2023 for management staff and Thursday 27th to Friday 28th July, for all its respective staff at the Crown Beach Hotel, Pointe Au Sel.The retreat consisted of team building exercises, open discussions and general understanding of the division’s values to rejuvenate […]
Following the adoption of Programme of Action (PoA) for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) within the SADC region. The African Union Commission (AUC) developed the Monitoring and Reporting Framework (MRF) in October 2018, during the Africa-Arab Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction by the Minister responsible for Disaster Risk […]
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Charles E. Fonseka meets with Special Representative from the United Nations Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Ms. Mami Mizutori for a preliminary tête-à-tête before tackling the High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, scheduled for the 18th to the 19th […]
From Tuesday, 31st January to Thursday, 2nd February, the Disaster Risk Management Division assisted the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs with the survey scheduled weeks prior, to verify the population size that may be affected in the event of a dam overflow/break emergency, based on a model developed by P.U.C. The simple questionnaire […]
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