Community Activity Planning with DRR Experts – Ulu Klang

Venue: Sakura Room, Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Centre, UTM KL

Date: March 23, 2023

The Community Activity Planning is a workshop whereby the community leaders and local champions work together with DRR experts in selecting one or two DRR activities for the communities to implement under the SeDAR Program.

This process entailed (1) a group discussion on the feasibility of a range of potential DRR actions to implement, (2) shortlisted to a few strong potential actions, in order to (3) prioritize, identify and select one to two feasible activities.

As input to the discussion, a list of 12 suggestions for community action that was drafted during the community mapping session on February 19, 2023 was reviewed by the communities and the experts.

Out of this, the DRR experts and the communities identified 2 activities to be implemented under the SeDAR program:

Community education and preparedness: Undergo community emergency response training
Community education: Set up a community DRR resource centre

Participants

Head of Residents Associations
Residents of Ulu Klang

Government Agencies

National Security Council (MKN)
Ampang Jaya Municipal Govt (MPKj)
Department of Irrigation and Drainage (JPS) Hulu Langat
Selangor Disaster Management Unit (SDMU)
Disaster Preparedness & Prevention Centre (DPPC), UTM KL
APM Training Academy (ALPHA)
Civil Defence Force (APM) Selangor
Public Works Department (JKR) Gombak
Department of Mineral and Geoscience (JMG) Selangor
Department of Irrigation and Drainage (JPS) Gombak

About the DRR Activity Planning Workshop

Time	Agenda Item
10:00am	Presentation by community leader on the results of the community mapping and on the proposed community solutions/actions
10:15am	Observation, Comments and Questions by DRR Experts Interactive session between DRR Experts and community members Topics discussed: Comments on the issues/problems in the community area Comments on the list of proposed solutions by the community Guidance to the community members on possible solutions
10:50am	Group Discussion on Possible Solutions Break into groups and discuss possible solutions with activities (with DRR Experts) Identify 1-4 possible solutions
11:40am	Prioritizing and Finalizing Community DRR Actions Presentation by group on their community actions Presentation by group on their recommended community actions Group discussion (prioritizing and finalizing)
12:30pm	Finalize 2 DRR Activities to be Implemented by Communities
12:40pm	End of workshop