Dili, 04 february 2022 (TATOLI) – The Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) consortium of INGOs (CARE International in Timor-Leste, Caritas Australia, Oxfam, World Vision, and Plan International) is jointly organizing and facilitating a five-day training program on Monitoring and Evaluation and Data Management using the KoBo Toolbox system to 32 participants from 31st january to 4th february, 2022.
The objective of the training is to enhance the capacity of the Civil Protection staff, as well as the Municipality Disaster Management Committee, to be able to do proper data management of disasters using the KoBo Toolbox system; starting from the assessment, as well as monitoring and evaluation stage, up to the data management at household and evacuation Centre level.
Participants include the Coordinator of Civil Protection and Municipality Disaster Management Committee (MDMC), as well as the National Disaster Operations Center (NDOC) of the National Directorate of Disaster Risk Management (DNGRD in Tetun) from the 12 Municipalities, including RAEOA.
At the end of the training, AHP Consortium handed over the KoBo account with server and tools to the NDOC’s Chief of Department to help them run the data management system from their end. In addition, the AHP Consortium also handed over some IT equipment including eight laptops, eight printers, 26 tablets, and 26 USBs to Civil Protection in order to support their data management system, both at the national level as well as sub-national level.
During the handover ceremony, the National Director of World Vision Timor-Leste, on behalf of the AHP consortium, Migena Shulla said: “It is our commitment to continue to strengthen our partnership between the AHP Consortium and the Government of Timor-Leste, through the Civil Protections team in many ways, including Monitoring and Evaluation and Data Management to better equip our disaster management committee at all levels, especially improving the data management system and on-time response to disasters.”
She further added: “This work wouldn’t have been possible without the generosity of the Australian Government, through the AHP Partnership Program, as well as the great support of the government of Timor-Leste. Therefore, I would like to thank the Australian Government and the Government of Timor-Leste, especially the Civil Protection team, for this great initiative and long-term partnership for the disaster preparedness and disaster management of this country.”
The First Secretary (Human Development) of the Australian Embassy in Timor-Leste, Troy Skaleskog said: “Australia is pleased to be able to continue to support the Government of Timor-Leste to be better prepared to respond to disasters. We all hope that there is not another large disaster like the floods in april 2021 – but we all need to be prepared in case something like this does happen again.”
Director-Generaleral of Civil Protection, Superintendent Ismael da Costa Babo stated: “The data management system is a vital element of any response during emergency situations. It is important to ensure the evidence-based resource mobilization and on-time response initiative for any disaster situation happening in the country. Therefore, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Civil Protection, I would like to thank the AHP Consortium and its partners, especially the Australian Government, for their continued support from the national level up to the sub-national level throughout the country.”
Journalist: Filomeno Martins
Editor: Rafy Belo
