SEHA moves to advanced phase of disaster management training

WAM Abu Dhabi, May 21st, 2012 (WAM) -- SEHA, the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, has announced the successful conclusion of its advanced Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine course.

The course, attended by all major stakeholders responsible for disaster response, combined online and in-situ activities to develop people capacity and competencies. The ADMC course is recognized by Department of Medical Education and Professional Development in Health Authority - Abu Dhabi and was granted 29 CME/CPD credit hours.

The training programme exceeded its nationalization target of 40% by including 48% UAE Nationals among the total of 75 participants from healthcare and response related fields. Stakeholders like NCEMA, Health Authority, and Abu Dhabi Police Ambulance's nominees were nominated to attend the advanced course by their superiors based on their performance in the basic disaster management course ?BDMC' completed in February.

"SEHA's core imperative is to improve the well-being and safety of residents in Abu Dhabi, which calls for an infrastructure to improve responses to disease outbreaks and natural disasters. Human capital development and improved expertise is a key requirement for effective disaster response and management, and SEHA's BDMC and ADMC training programmes are aimed at effectively delivering the right techniques and tools to relevant stakeholders for a collaborative response strategy," said Khalifa Al Ketbi, Deputy Chief Operations Officer of SEHA.

"The training modules will be followed by a real time disaster management drill for participants to put into action what they have learnt during training, culminating in a feedback report on the readiness and effectiveness of disaster response action plans. SEHA is making it a priority to work will stakeholders and partners to ensure maximum disaster preparedness for the well-being of Abu Dhabi's residents," he added.

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Sharjah Signs Carbon Management Agreement With myclimate

Switzerland-based non-profit foundation, myclimate, has partnered with the UAE Business Council for Sustainable Development (UAE BCSD) to raise awareness of national issues of sustainability and drive green initiatives within the local private sector, regarding the Carbon Footprint.

Myclimate, which is represented in the UAE by Dubai-based sustainability expert Farnek Avireal, was formed in 2002 as a joint project between students and professors in Zürich, Switzerland, becoming a leading global provider of voluntary and compliance carbon offsetting solutions, using offset payments to develop and support carbon offset projects around the world

myclimate aims to introduce measures to offset carbon emissions, with the UAE BCSD through a series of seminars and exhibitions in the UAE among its first approaches in this regard. These events themselves will be carbon neutral.

The first of these seminars will be the LEED workshop program 2011-2012 initiated by the UAE BCSD, which consists of four workshops running from July 2011 to April 2012 at the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Sharjah, UAE.

Highlighting the ideal fit with the UAE and Gulf region in general, a key emphasis of myclimate is the carbon offsetting solutions via effective carbon offset projects with renewable energy sources and other energy efficiency measures.

“This memorandum of understanding will help achieve both the objectives of myclimate and the UAE BCSD - to build greater awareness of sustainability, especially carbon management and offset programmes, within the UAE.” said Rene Estermann, CEO, myclimate.

In a second step, vertical industries across the UAE will be provided with tailor-made carbon neutral solutions for their various business sectors. For instance, among the first industries to be targeted is the UAE’s burgeoning tourism and hospitality sector, with the myclimate - UAE BCSD partnership providing carbon neutral alternatives to various processes used within hotels. Likewise, printing companies and aviation companies across the UAE will be shown the benefits of carbon neutral alternatives and solutions.

A further feature of the partnership is a competition, with entries requested from projects that reduce or neutralise carbon emissions for various industries. Winning candidates within the competition will also have the potential to put their ideas into practice, under the backing and guidance of UAE BCSD.

“myclimate and UAE BCSD will carry out the initial judging process in determining which projects qualify for The Gold Standard Premium quality carbon credits,” said Van T. Tran, Head of Development , UAE Business Council for Sustainable Development.

The Gold Standard is an independent label that certifies high-quality carbon offset projects and the emission reduction certificates they generate. The sustainability criteria outlined in this standard are the guidelines adopted for all myclimate projects.

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