30 April 2014 - The Philippine Government recently sent a six-member delegation to London from April 2 to 4 to study the United Kingdom’s “whole of government” approach to crisis response management.  The study tour was sponsored by the British Government, through the initiative of the Philippine Embassy in London.

During the visit, the delegation learned about the UK’s crisis management structure and climate change policy approach, with the objective of bringing back this knowledge to enhance Philippine disaster risk management and approach to climate change policy.

British assistance to the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda (Yolanda), both in public and private form, by far topped all other foreign assistance to the typhoon victims. END