Sana'a - Saba:
A training course in risk management and emergency response began today in Sana'a, organized by the Ministry of Electricity, Energy, and Water, in partnership with UNICEF.
The six-day course, divided into two groups of three days each, aims to raise the awareness of 56 trainees from local water and sanitation institutions, the Rural Water Projects Authority, and its branches in the governorates. The course focuses on early warning to reduce errors and mitigate risks, identify, evaluate, and effectively manage risks in various environments and situations, and limit the recurrence of some incidents resulting from a lack of awareness of the causes of such incidents.
At the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Electricity, Energy, and Water, Adel Bader, highlighted the importance of the course in risk management and emergency response, especially in light of the difficult circumstances and risks facing the country as a result of the US-Zionist aggression, which has targeted the nation's resources and spared nothing.
He explained that risk management is a process of planning, organizing, directing, and monitoring aimed at identifying, evaluating, and addressing the risks that any institution may face in order to effectively achieve its objectives. This necessarily requires analyzing and assessing the likelihood of risks and their potential impacts, and developing strategies to mitigate them and minimize the negative consequences. He considered the training and qualification initiative two integrated processes aimed at developing the skills of human resources and enhancing their work efficiency. This requires trainees to fully understand the course content, reflect its outcomes in institutions and agencies, and enhance performance.
He pointed out that there are numerous risks facing workers in the water sector in the field, including some recurring fatalities in sewage inspection chambers or open hand-dug wells due to suffocation. These risks are a result of the low level of awareness of workers or implementing agencies and the failure to use safety and security tools to avoid these risks.
The Deputy Minister of Electricity, Energy, and Water expressed hope that trainees would benefit from the course content, which will focus on important and prominent topics in risk management, environmental protection, and contract management. He noted UNICEF's continued support for training programs and the qualification of human resources in the water sector, within the framework of implementing priorities that address the needs of beneficiary communities. In turn, the National Coordinator of the Water, Sanitation, and Environmental Protection Cluster, Engineer Tawfiq Al-Haroush, reviewed the course's objectives: to raise the level of response to overcome common and recurring errors, prepare for and mitigate risks, and raise awareness of the need to use safety and security tools to mitigate the effects of accidents.
He expressed hope that the trainees would engage with the course content and absorb the knowledge necessary to avoid the mistakes and negatives that frequently occur in the field, whether related to local water and sanitation institutions or rural water.
In the speech delivered by UNICEF, Engineer Anis Al-Arshi praised the efforts of the leadership of the Ministry of Electricity, Energy, and Water in facilitating the implementation of the course, which complements the training programs funded by the organization.
He stated that the course will focus on training human resources at the branches of local water, sanitation, and rural water institutions, as well as field workers, while engaging stakeholders from among the beneficiaries to provide them with the necessary knowledge to identify and evaluate risk management and raise awareness of the use of safety and security tools, as well as environmental and social protection tools. The opening ceremony was attended by the Director General of Water Sector Reform and Local Institutions, Zaid Al-Kahlani, and the Director of the Ministry's Training Center, Yassin Al-Maqtari.
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