European conference on disaster management: preparation, action plans, monitoring & cooperation strategies
Background
Disasters whether natural or man-made can hit at any time and do not acknowledge political frontiers. The actual outbreak of a disaster like severe rain or snow falls, storms or even earthquakes cannot be prevented from happening. But if you are adequately prepared resilient areas and cites won’t remain a utopia. Rising frequency and impact of natural disasters worldwide demand profound and perfectly running international disaster preparedness managements. The European Union intends to facilitate reinforced co-operation between the member states in the field of civil protection. But still, international and often inter-agency cooperation remain a challenging task.
Aspects to be considered:
- Compliance of existing emergency plans and rising intensity of disasters
- Being up to date with the latest tools for monitoring of endangered areas
- Guarantee immediate return to day-to-day business to save time and money
- Undertake smooth and effective international teamwork
Conference Contents
This European Conference encourages stakeholders at all levels of government, private sector, public health and related professions to exchange ideas on collaborating to protect lives and property from disaster. We focus on real events and lessons learnt which give you inspiration to improve your own disaster preparedness plan. Question and answer sessions as well as plenary sessions provide a perfect platform to identify available resources and improve your strategies to prepare for the next disaster. An additional specially designed workshop will enable participants to improve their disaster preparedness management plan. Moreover, you will have the opportunity to network with experts from all areas of disaster preparedness management from all over Europe and arrange new international cooperation models.
Teaching Methods
- Lectures and case studies
- Discussions and Q&A sessions
- Plenary session
- Best practice reports
- Small group tasks
- Rich conference material and hand-outs
- Workshop