TIRANA, Dec 5 /ATA/- Head of the Emergency Response Division Bledi Çuçi, at the same time Minister of Agriculture, briefed today at an emergency government meeting on the damage caused by the November 26 earthquake.
According to Minister Çuçi, the work on providing a full damage assessment report has already kicked off.
In his speech at the extraordinary meeting of the government, Çuçi emphasized that the damage assessment report is an important and reliable document for all donors.
According to him, the Post Disaster Needs Assessment PDNA tool has been developed by the UN Development Group, the World Bank and the European Union as one of the key commitments of their 2008 agreement to develop and use common assessment and recovery planning approaches in post-crisis settings.
The Head of the Emergency Response Division Bledi Çuçi is expected to hold today a meeting with Commissioner-designate for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič to discuss this initiative.
“This document provides multi-dimensional analyses and requires the specific commitment of the entire government cabinet to provide the highest possible quality, “ he stressed.//a.i/
