The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will host the 11th Asian Crisis Management Conference in Pasig this week.
More than a hundred experts from 13 member-cities of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 are expected to attend the two-day summit at the Crowne Plaza hotel on July 10 and 11.
The ANMC21 comprises the cities of Bangkok, Delhi, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Metro Manila, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Tomsk, Ulaanbaatar, and Yangon.
“This will be a very fruitful conference because we have so much to learn from our Asian neighbors in terms of disaster risk reduction programs and crisis management. We all believe that disaster preparedness should be a concerted effort among nations,” MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said.
The second day of the conference will include a tour of Marikina and a demonstration by the MMDA’s Rescue Battalion and K-9 units, the MMDA said.
