Regional Project News

The EU-funded Programme for Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Natural and Man-made Disasters (PPRD South) is aiming to increase knowledge of the key concepts and principles for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) through a training workshop on the theme "Disaster Risk Reduction: Mechanisms and Methodologies in Civil Protection".

 

An announcement said the workshop, to be held in Cairo on 10 and 11 February 2010, also seeks to promote the National Platform as a multi-stakeholder mechanism for enforcing DRR policies and practices at the national and regional levels. It is organised in cooperation with the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and will address high level managers and decision-makers and practitioners from the Civil Protection Authoritiesof the partner countries.

 

The participants will review the comprehensive definition of risk, examine the circumstances linking risk to disaster and thoroughly analyse the concept of risk mitigation. The evolution in the risk reduction policies will be presented along with the UNISDR system, and the issue of National Platforms will be addressed with regards to the role of Civil Protection Authorities. The workshop will seek to provide some experience-based general orientation on how to form, run and sustain National Platforms for DRR.

 

The objective of the €5 million PPRD South programme is to develop and reinforce the prevention, preparedness and response capacities of civil protection services in the Euro-Mediterranean region through increased institutional cooperation between the EU and the Mediterranean partner countries. The main activities aim at developing a national and regional risk atlas, organising training workshops, study visits and technical assistance, organising simulation exercises, and improving the information and awareness of Mediterranean populations regarding risk exposure, prevention and response. (ENPI Info Centre)

 

 

 

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