UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica, Hon. U-Edmund Bartlett uthi iGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre inikwe umsebenzi wokwakha isu lokuxhumana lezinkinga zezokuvakasha elizosiza amazwe aseCaribbean ukuthi 'akhe kabusha kangcono' kulandela inhlekelele.
Ekhuluma emcimbini wokuvula umcimbi weTourism Crisis Communications and Disaster Risk Management izolo eJamaica Pegasus Hotel, uNgqongqoshe uthe, “Ephendula ikhwelo lokwakha amandla okuvakasha eCaribbean, ngiyaziqhenya ngokuthi isikhungo sokuqala sokuqina esifundeni isanda kusungulwa e-University of the West Indies, eMona Campus Jamaica.
“Isikhungo sizogxila kakhulu ekuxhumaneni ngezinkinga futhi sizokwakha iqhinga elisemthethweni le-Tourism Crisis Communication Strategy. Sikholelwa ekutheni sizibophezele ekuhlinzekeni ingxenye yohlaka lwezikhungo kanye namandla esifunda okumele awasebenzise futhi sihlolisise eminye yemiphumela esifuna ukuba nayo emizamweni yethu, ”engeza.
Lesi sikhungo, okuyisona sokuqala ngohlobo lwaso, sizosiza ngokulungiselela, ukuphatha kanye nokululama ekuphazamisekeni kanye / noma ezinkingeni ezinomthelela kwezokuvakasha futhi ezisongela iminotho nempilo encike emikhakheni.
Igxile kokunikezwayo okubandakanya ukusungulwa kwephephabhuku lezemfundo mayelana nokuqina kanye nokuphazamiseka komhlaba wonke, ukubhalwa kohlelo lokuqina, ukwakhiwa kwe-barometer yokuqina kanye nokusungulwa kwesihlalo sezifundo sokuqina kanye nokwenza izinto ezintsha. Lokhu kuhambisana negunya leSikhungo lokwakha, ukukhiqiza nokukhiqiza amathuluzi, imihlahlandlela nezinqubomgomo zokuqondisa inqubo yokululama kulandela inhlekelele.
“Ukwakha amandla okuqina kuzodinga indlela yokusebenza ezoncika ekuqiniseni ukusebenzisana ezingeni likazwelonke, lesifunda kanye nelomhlaba jikelele phakathi kwabenzi bezinqubomgomo zezokuvakasha, abenzi bomthetho, amabhizinisi ezokuvakasha, ama-NGO, abasebenzi bezokuvakasha, izikhungo zemfundo nezokuqeqesha kanye nabantu abaningi ukuqinisa amandla esikhungo okulindela, ukuxhumanisa , ukuqapha nokuhlola okwenziwayo nezinhlelo ukunciphisa izinto ezinobungozi, ”kusho uNgqongqoshe.
Ngenkathi lesi Sikhungo senzelwe ukusiza zonke izizwe zezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, uNgqongqoshe wabelane ngokuthi iCaribbean isengozini enkulu ngoba iyisifunda esincike kakhulu kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni.
“Imininingwane emisha yezomnotho ikhombisa ukuthi umuntu oyedwa kwabane kwezakhamizi zaseCaribbean uhlobene nezokuvakasha. Ngenkathi ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha zifaka isandla ku-15.2% we-GDP yesifunda ngokujwayelekile nangaphezulu kwama-25% we-GDP angaphezu kwengxenye yamazwe. Endabeni yeBritish Virgin Islands, ezokuvakasha zinikela ku-98.5% we-GDP.
Lezi zibalo zigcizelela ukubaluleka kokwakhiwa kwamasu okunciphisa izingozi ezingahle ziphazamise izinsizakalo zezokuvakasha esifundeni futhi zidale ukubuyela emuva esikhathini eside ekukhuleni nasekuqhubekeni okusimeme, ”kusho yena.
Ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yakhe, uNgqongqoshe umemezele ukuthi isikhala seSikhungo sesiqediwe cishe ngama-90% kodwa sihlangene emhlabeni jikelele.
“Ngesonto elizayo siya eKenya ukuyokwethula eKenyatta University, okuyisikhungo sokuqala sesethelayithi seGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre bese siya eKathmandu eNepal ngomhla wokuqala kuJanuwari ukuyokwethula esesibili. Kukhona nezinye eziningi, ezizokwethulwa ngo-2020, ”kusho yena.
Lo mcimbi wezinsuku ezimbili uphethwe nguMnyango Wezokuvakasha ngokubambisana noPhiko lwe-IDB lwezeMvelo, ukuThuthukiswa kweziNdawo zasemaKhaya nokuPhathwa kweziNhlekelele (RND) kanye noMnyango wabo wezwe laseCaribbean.
Ongoti abangaphezu kwama-50 basendaweni nabesifunda emkhakheni wezokuphathwa kwezinhlekelele kwezokuvakasha kanye nezokuxhumana kanye nokulawulwa kwezinhlekelele babambe iqhaza kulo mcimbi, owenzeka ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi “Ukuqinisa Ukuxhumana Kwezinhlekelele Njengesici Esibalulekile Sokuqiniswa Kwezokuvakasha KweCaribbean Nokulawulwa Kwezinhlekelele.”
Lo mcimbi futhi uyingxenye yengxenye yochungechunge lwe-IDB lokubonisana neziphathimandla ezaziwa ngeRegional Public Dialogue.
Ukuze uthole izindaba eziningi ngeJamaica, sicela uchofoze lapha.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ekhuluma emcimbini wokuvula umcimbi weTourism Crisis Communications and Disaster Risk Management izolo e-Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, uNgqongqoshe uthe, “Ekuphenduleni ikhwelo lokwakha ukusimama kwezokuvakasha eCaribbean, ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokuthi isikhungo sokuqala sokuqina kulesi sifunda. isanda kusungulwa eNyuvesi yaseWest Indies, eMona Campus Jamaica.
- Igxile ezintweni ezingalethwa okuhlanganisa ukusungulwa kwejenali yezemfundo ekhuluma ngokukhuthazela nokuphazamiseka emhlabeni wonke, ukubhalwa kwepulani yokuqina, ukwakhiwa kwesilinganiso sokuqina nokusungulwa koSihlalo Wezemfundo ukuze kuqinisekwe futhi kusungulwe izinto ezintsha.
- “Ngesonto elizayo siya eKenya siyokwethula eNyuvesi yaseKenyatta, okuyisikhungo sokuqala sesathelayithi seGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre bese sibhekisa amabombo eKathmandu eNepal mhla wokuqala kuJanuwari siyokwethula esesibili.
