13 ASEAN-ERAT members from ASEAN Member States and AHA Centre for Successfully Completing the Level 2 Course on Rapid Assessment

4 October 2024 -

13 ASEAN-ERAT members from the ASEAN Member States (AMS) and the AHA Centre have successfully completed the Level 2 Course on Rapid Assessment on 23-27 September 2024 in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

Rapid assessment, or the process of collecting data to gain a clearer understanding of the needs of populations affected by disasters, is a crucial part of the emergency response phase and one of the primary functions of ASEAN-ERAT.

JAIF Management Team (JMT) Director Naoki Minamiguchi, came to observe the ASEAN-ERAT Level 2 Course on Rapid Assessment with JABOT, ASEAN’s friend from Japan.

With enhanced skills in rapid assessment in hand, these ASEAN-ERAT members are well equipped to support the national disaster management organisations of ASEAN when the need arises. Social Welfare Department of the Lao PDR hosted the course and facilitators were from the ASEAN Member States, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).