The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) initiated the process of developing appropriate humanitarian standards, following the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response (“SPHERE”) international standard, as a guiding principle.

With the support of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) the initial work in this regard commenced in 2021 and subsequently held several productive residential and online workshops to develop and review the draft document.  As the next phase of this project, the key aspect was educating and creating greater awareness of the developed draft minimum humanitarian standards for safety centres, among the relevant officials of key organisations/ institutions, involved in managing safety centres during disasters. 

Accordingly, under the guidance of Director General, Major General (Retd.) Sudantha Ranasinghe, the Disaster Management Centre with the financial support of ADPC, organised a two day residential Training of Trainers (TOT) pilot workshop at national level.

The active and enthusiastic participation of participants representing varied key stakeholders, involved in safety centre management, paved the way for a lively and stirring workshop. At the conclusion of the proceedings on day two, the participants were presented with certificates by the Director General of Disaster Management Centre.