BNPB Encourages Strengthening of Disaster Management Programmes Through 2026 Technical Coordination Meeting
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) is encouraging the strengthening of more targeted and integrated disaster management programmes through the 2026 Technical Coordination Meeting for Disaster Management (Rakortek PB).
Acting Head of the BNPB Data, Information, and Disaster Communication Centre, Dodi Yuleova, stated in Jakarta on Tuesday that the Rakortek PB, taking place in Bogor, West Java, from 10 to 13 August, serves as a strategic forum to strengthen the synchronisation of central and regional programmes.
‘This forum is attended by representatives from Regional Disaster Management Agencies (BPBD) and Regional Development Planning Agencies (Bappeda) across Indonesia, as well as BNPB work units, to encourage disaster management that is adaptive, inclusive, and sustainable,’ he said.
He explained that one of the main focuses on the first day of the forum was an in-depth discussion on the evaluation and experience of handling the flash floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Senyar in the provinces of Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra. Lessons learned from handling Cyclone Senyar in the region are being used as an important case study to strengthen regional capacity in facing future complex and wide-ranging disaster threats.
To enrich participants’ insights, the practical session featured a number of disaster management experts and practitioners, including Dody Ruswandi, Fajar Setiawan, Muhammad Diharmasyah, and the Chief Executive of the East Java Provincial BPBD, Gatot Soebroto.
Dodi emphasised that each region in Indonesia has different risk characteristics and disaster management capacities, making synergy and the comparison of best practices between regional governments crucial.
‘The experience of handling disasters in one region can serve as a lesson for other regions, as well as a basis for strengthening disaster management planning and programmes,’ he said, expressing hope that through the 2026 Rakortek PB, all BPBDs and Bappedas would be able to formulate more measurable and precise mitigation action plans, in accordance with the geological and hydrometeorological risk threats in their respective areas.