Japan and South Korea strengthen cooperation in the field of disaster management in the era of climate crisis...Japan-Korea Disaster Prevention Conference

South Korea's Ministry of Public Administration and Security (equivalent to the Ministry of the Interior) will hold a ``Japan-Korea Disaster Prevention Conference'' at the Sejong Government Building on the 18th in order to strengthen cooperation between Japan and South Korea in the field of disaster management related to climate change.
. The Ministry of Public Administration and Safety said, ``At the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction Agency (UNDRR) meeting in May this year, we proposed to the Japanese side the resumption of a consultative body for joint response to natural disasters caused by climate change, and we took this opportunity to hold this meeting. vinegar
``It has come to be,'' he said. This meeting included a Japanese delegation led by Noboru Uemura, Deputy Director-General for Disaster Prevention, Cabinet Office, and a Korean delegation led by Kim Young-gyun, Director-General of Disaster Management Policy, Ministry of Public Administration and Security.
Representatives from both countries will attend and discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in the field of disaster management between the two countries. From the Korean side, the central disaster and safety situation room system, public-private cooperation and ICT utilization during the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus infection, etc.
We will introduce case studies in which we responded to the situation, as well as the ``Ready Korea'' training, which is a training centering on responding to actual situations. The Japanese side provided examples of the use of public-private partnership platforms in disaster prevention technology and
The prefectural government will present examples of the use of IoT that it has built to effectively respond to disasters. Both countries will continue to discuss cooperation measures for jointly responding to climate change through regular Japan-Korea disaster prevention meetings.
That is scheduled.