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BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME 2011 ACTIONS

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME 2011 ACTIONS. Council of Europe. A new framework for 2011-2015. Three main areas : Using Information to Save Lives and Help Victims Assess the magnitude of events to alert population Promote communication between governments Using Knowledge to Reduce Vulnerability

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BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME 2011 ACTIONS

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  1. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME 2011 ACTIONS Council of Europe 2nd meeting of the EFDRR, Skopje, 2011

  2. A new framework for 2011-2015 Three main areas : • Using Information to Save Lives and Help Victims • Assess the magnitude of events to alert population • Promote communication between governments • Using Knowledge to Reduce Vulnerability • Evaluate and use information in spatial planning • Assess increased risk from climate change and improve environmental resilience • Placing People at the Heart of Disaster Risk Reduction • Promote efficient DRR policies and governance, taking also care of ethical aspects • Improve resilience and preparedness through education and awareness 2nd meeting of the EFDRR, Skopje, 2011

  3. 1. Recommandations • Ethical Principles and Resilience to Disasters • Give an ethical content to the risk reduction measures • Value of applying best ethical principles in DRR measures • Forest fires • Develop specific policies on global change and fire • Promote sub-regional strategies on wildland fires • Radiological information • Better understanding by population of the nuclear hazard • Access of population to all relevant information 2nd meeting of the EFDRR, Skopje, 2011

  4. 2. Workshops • Governance of Climate-Related Risks in Europe: the Need for Policy Oriented Research • In cooperation with DG Research and UNISDR Europe • Coastal Ecosystems Vulnerability to Global Change and Extreme Events • Organized with CERCO (Biarritz) • The Protection of the Integrity of Monuments under Seismic Actions • Organized with ECPFE (Athens) 2nd meeting of the EFDRR, Skopje, 2011

  5. 3. Training courses • Coastal hazard assessment and risk management • In cooperation with CERG (France) • Innovative multi-disciplinary methods and techniques for the analysis of coastal instability processes • Climate change: impact on health, human environment and water • In cooperation with University of Strasburg (France) • Impact of climate change on human health (virology, bacteriology, emergency medicine …) and water issues • Climate Change, Cultural Heritage and Risk • In cooperation with CUEBC (Italy) • Link between energy, mobility, access and policy in the area of climate change and cultural heritage 2nd meeting of the EFDRR, Skopje, 2011

  6. 4. Publications • Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Europe : a review of Risk Governance • In cooperation with UNISDR Europe • Analyses the actual initiatives at European level to bridge CCA and DRR • Lessons learned in Psychosocial Care • In cooperation with EFPA • Collects and analyses 17 cases in 16 countries to identify best practices for future events • Proceedings of the 12th Ministerial Session • Includes new Medium Term Plan and interventions 2nd meeting of the EFDRR, Skopje, 2011

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