Italia, Venezia: Un convegno sulla riduzione dei rischi da disastri e calamità

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Lunedì 19 marzo, con inizio alle ore 9.15, si terrà a Palazzo Ducale (Sala del Piovego), il convegno "Building Cities Resilience to Disasters: Protecting Cultural Heritage and Adapting to Climate Change", organizzato dal Comune di Venezia, in collaborazione con CoRiLa (Consorzio Ricerche Laguna), e da UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction), l'agenzia delle Nazioni Unite dedicata alla riduzione delle calamità.

Sulla base dell'esempio rappresentato dalla Città di Venezia, città modello di resilienza riconosciuta dalle Nazioni Unite, gli argomenti principali trattati durante il convegno saranno la protezione del patrimonio culturale e l'adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici.

La due giorni di discussioni (programma di seguito al comunicato), alla quale parteciperanno delegati di istituzioni europee e di organizzazioni internazionali, nonché ricercatori internazionali, sarà aperto alle ore 9.15 dal sindaco di Venezia, Giorgio Orsoni, che accoglierà la rappresentante speciale del Segretario Generale ONU per la riduzione delle calamità, Margareta Wählstrom, il capo dipartimento della Protezione Civile Italiana, Franco Gabrielli, il direttore del Centro euro-mediterraneo per i cambiamenti climatici, Antonio Navarra.

Nella mattinata il sindaco Orsoni verrà nominato da Margareta Wählstrom ambasciatore europeo della campagna "Making cities resilient" per la promozione e lo sviluppo della resilienza e della protezione dei beni culturali.

Subito dopo i saluti e le relazioni di apertura, alle ore 10.30, è previsto un briefing stampa.

A seguire, il direttore del CoRiLa, Pierpaolo Campostrini, presenterà una relazione riguardo l'esperienza di Venezia.

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Building Cities Resilience to Disasters: Protecting Cultural Heritage and Adapting to Climate Change

Doge's Palace, St Mark's Square - Venice, Italy
19-20 March 2012

08:45-09:15 Welcome and registration
Introductions: Pierpaolo Campostrini
09:15-10:00 Opening session
Giorgio Orsoni, Mayor of Venice; Margareta Wählstrom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction; Franco Gabrielli, Head, Italian Civil Protection; Antonio Navarra, Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, on behalf of the Italian Ministry for Environment and Protection of Land and Sea.
10:00-10:30 Making Cities Resilient Campaign signing ceremony and photo opportunity
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Cultural Heritage and Disaster Risk Reduction
Chair: Mustafa Erdik, Director, Bogazici University, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Turkey
11:00-12:00 Cultural Heritage and disasters: dealing with the risks, Giovanni Boccardi, Chief of Unit, Asia and the Pacific Section, UNESCO
The experience of Byblos, Tony Sfeir, Senior Member of Byblos' City Council, and Martine Francis-Allouche, Marine Archaeologist Advisor in Marine & Coastal Archaeology - Lebanon
The City of Venice: climate risk management at the local level and protection of Venice's cultural heritage, Pierpaolo Campostrini, CORILA Director and City of Venice's Focal Point for the Making Cities Resilient Campaign.
Protecting cultural heritage in Croatia: Dr. Andro Vlahušić, Mayor, City of Dubrovnik
12:00-13:00 Roundtable questions and answers
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Climate Change Adaptation
Chair: Rosario Bento País, Head, Adaptation Unit, Directorate General for Climate Action, European Commission
14:00-15:15 Climate change, extreme events and costal zones protection, Carlo Carraro, Vice
President, IPCC WG III and President, Ca' Foscari University of Venice;
Managing risks and increasing resilience in London, Alex Nickson, Strategy Manager for Climate Change Adaptation and Water, Greater London Authority, and Dave Wardle, Project Executive, UK Environment Agency;

Day 1, 19 March

Nice Climate Change Plan, Benoit Kandel, Deputy Mayor, City of Nice;
Climate change adaptation Elisabeth Blanik, Mayor of Lienz
15:15-16:00 Roundtable questions and answers
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
City to City exchanges: the value of sharing experiences
Chair:Paola Albrito, Regional Coordinator, Europe, UNISDR
16:30-17:30 From national to regional level, the EC actions on prevention: Ian Clark, Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO)
National support and cities exchanges, Mette Lindahl Olsson, Head of Natural Hazards and Critical Infrastructure Section, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
The experience of climate change adaptation in the frame of ACT Life Plus Project: Konstadinos Konstadakopoulos, Head of Environment & Sustainable Development Dpt., City of Patrass
17:30-18:00 Roundtable questions and answers
19:00 Cultural programme
Building Partnerships
Chair: Eladio Fernandez-Galiano, Executive Secretary, the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement, EUR-OPA, Council of Europe
09:00-10:00 Disaster Risk Reduction in Italy: National Platform and local-level implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action, Luigi D'Angelo, International Relations Department, Civil Protection Department, Italy, and Giuseppe Guarino, Manager of the Training and Projects, Gruppo Lucano
The role of the private sector in building resilience to disasters, Joanna Matthys, Managing Director, Marsh
The label "Territorial Risks management - for a resilient territory", Guillaume Riou, Project Manager, Poles Risques
10:00-10:30 Roundtable questions and answers
10:30-11:00 Concluding remarks and adoption of the statement
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-14:30 Transfer to the Arsenale and visit to the MOSE work site (by Consorzio Venezia Nuova)
15:00-19:00 Afternoon session: City to City Learning, sharing experiences for Cities Resilience (upon invitation only)

Day 2, 20 March

Building Partnerships

Chair: Eladio Fernandez-Galiano, Executive Secretary, the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement, EUR-OPA, Council of Europe

09:00-10:00 Disaster Risk Reduction in Italy: National Platform and local-level implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action, Luigi D'Angelo, International Relations Department, Civil Protection Department, Italy, and Giuseppe Guarino, Manager of the Training and Projects, Gruppo Lucano
The role of the private sector in building resilience to disasters, Joanna Matthys, Managing Director, Marsh
The label "Territorial Risks management - for a resilient territory", Guillaume Riou, Project Manager, Poles Risques
10:00-10:30 Roundtable questions and answers
10:30-11:00 Concluding remarks and adoption of the statement
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-14:30 Transfer to the Arsenale and visit to the MOSE work site (by Consorzio Venezia Nuova)
15:00-19:00 Afternoon session: City to City Learning, sharing experiences for Cities Resilience (upon invitation only)