Determining priorities to make the most disaster prone communities safer: this is the theme for a national consultative meeting being helf today in Manila.

At the invitation of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) and the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), key disaster risk reduction stakeholders have gathered to review good practises and identify priority areas for future interventions. 

The outcome of the discussions will feed into the next programming cycle of the European Commission's Disaster Preparedness Programme DIPECHO, as well as into the Commission's longer term intruments.

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