Country: Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Philippines
Project Period: 2009-2014
This is a continued (PEER Stage II) regional training program managed by NSET with a purpose to strengthen and institutionalize capacities in emergency and disaster response in six participating Asian countries viz. Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines from April 2009. Developing regional instructors for Medical First Responder (MFR), Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR) and Training for Instructor (TFI) is a primary objective of PEER. The program is funded by the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). The program, started in April 2009, will run till March 2014.