Austria National Platform
History
The Director General for National Safety requested the National Management for Crisis and Catastrophes to form a subgroup for the establishment of a national Platform in the Framework of ISDR in 2013. This subgroup organized several events in order to investigate the readiness of potential partners to contribute and cooperate with the future National Disaster Risk Reduction Platform. Together with the Austrian representation of the World Bank Group, an expert meeting with 300 participants was organised in 2016. The Federal Chancellery and 6 relevant ministries signed an administrative contract in 2017 as a basis for the constituent meeting planned for 7 June 2017.
Structure
The Federal Chancellery and the following ministries are the founding members of the platform:
- Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs; Federal Ministry of the Interior; Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection; Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management; Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology; and Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
- Representatives of the federal states
- Regional Warning Centre of Vorarlberg
- Chief Executive Office of the City of Vienna - Executive Group for Organisation, Safety and Security
- Environment Agency Austria; Austrian Development Agency; Austrian Mountain Rescue Services; Austrian Road Safety Board; and Austrian Fire Brigade Association
- Austrian Association of Cities and Towns, and Austrian Association of Municipalities
- Statistics Austria and Austrian Research Promotion Agency
- Austrian Red Cross and Samaritan Austria
- Austrian Representative of the World Meteorological Organization
- Austrian Hail Insurance and Austrian Insurance Association
Budget
All arising costs will be carried by the partners undertaking the actions defined in the action plan.
Mandate
The platform supports the implementation of the goals of the Sendai Framework.