MANILA HOTEL, Manila (DWDD) – Senator Loren Legarda launched her book titled “The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the Humanitarian Space: Building Resilience, Fostering Resilient Communities” during the Conference on Resilience in the Age of Global Insecurity at the Manila Hotel last August 16, 2018. The book was Legarda’s Commandant’s Paper for her Command and General Staff Course (CGSC). It received the Academic Excellence for Research award.
In launching her book, “The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the Humanitarian Space: Building Resilience, Fostering Resilient Communities”, Senator Loren Legarda, an AFP reservist with the rank of colonel, said that the material codifies the relevance of military resilience building of the AFP as an institution, inclusion of climate change adaptation and mitigation (CCAM) and disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) in the AFP’s practice and governance framework, and fostering resilient communities in response to risks caused by climate change to the community and the environment.
“Building resilience not only means responding to threats brought by climate change and natural hazards, but also involves reforms to strengthen the adaptability of institutional structures and systems. Thus, the AFP’s resilience as an institution is just as important as building resilience in communities,” said Legarda.
Legarda, together with the book’s editor, Undersecretary Gloria Jumamil-Mercado of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary (leftmost), presented copies of the book to Department of National Defense (DND) Undersecretary Cardozo Luna (4th from left), National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) President Rear Admiral Roberto Estioko (rightmost), and Brig. General Benjamin Espiritu (2nd from left) of the NDCP Alumni Association. SENATE / MCAG
http://dwdd.com.ph/2018/08/24/coping-with-challenges-sen-legardas-book-on-afp-resilience/
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