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About a hundred stakeholders from different sectors participated in the Validation Workshop of the Makati Risk-Sensitive Urban Redevelopment Planning last 24 July 2009 at the Barangay Hall of Bel-Air in Makati City. Majority represented grassroots organizations in Barangay Rizal which include tricycle drivers/operators associations, church groups, senior citizens, youth groups, and women’s groups. They were joined by zone leaders, barangay and city officials, and EMI Project Implementation Team members (PIT).

The Validation Workshop began with a role playing exercise which sought to infuse a better understanding of earthquake risk that local communities are faced with. The story plot was based on Earthquake Scenario No. 8 (magnitude 7.2) of the Metro Manila Earthquake Impact Reduction Study (MMEIRS). Ms. Lynn Melosantos of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) facilitated a small group workshop followed by a plenary reporting and discussions. Local stakeholders reported on key specific actions that they would undertake during and after the earthquake. They also highlighted the need for long-term risk reduction measures which were later on confirmed by members of the EMI PIT as they reported on the findings of the physical risk assessment, risk perception survey, and vulnerability and capacity assessment study.

Through a small group exercise, the participants determined the weights to be assigned to specific validation criteria.