Italy National Platform

History

The Italian national platform for DRR has been formally created by a decree of the Prime Minister issued on 18 February 2008, aiming at ensuring the full implementation of the Hyogo Declaration and the Hyogo Framework in Italy. 

In the years following 2008, the organization of the national platform was revised through a directive from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (2013). Furthermore, in 2018, the Civil Protection Code was issued, which incorporated many of the indications from the Sendai Framework. Those indications have also been confirmed in recent updates to the code.

Structure

The platform is a coordination forum that builds on existing DRR capabilities. It is coordinated by the Italian Civil Protection Department (DPC). 

Currently, the structure of the national platform is under revision. 

Non-governmental stakeholders engaged in the work of the national platform include: 

• The national scientific and academic community
• The community of NGOs and volunteers' organizations active in the field of DRR and disaster risk management
• The community of insurance companies active in Italy represented by the Italian Association of Insurance Companies
• Other organizations invited to join the work of the platform on a subject-matter basis

Mandate

The vision of the platform is a risk-aware and resilient society able to prevent disasters and mitigate their impact.

 The aim of the platform is to integrate DRR into decision-making processes at all levels in policy, administration and in the private sector. The overall goal is to promote all activities that may enable society to reduce human, social and economic losses caused by natural disasters. 

In 2019, a survey was conducted on actions for DRR undertaken in the field of non-structural and structural prevention by entities affiliated with the national platform participating in the national strategy for DRR. 

In general, from the responses received, it is evident that most entities carry out non-structural prevention actions through activities that represent their institutional core business. 

As for structural prevention actions, the majority of ministries and entities have implemented interventions for seismic and/or hydrogeological risk prevention, or for securing infrastructure and structures. The "Casa Italia" Department coordinates government strategies for post-disaster reconstruction, prevention of hydrogeological disaster and seismic risk reduction. It develops legislative proposals and financial tools to enhance the national territory and building heritage. It also promotes assessments of the vulnerability of school buildings and related adaptation measures. Additionally, it has supported experimental plans (10 pilot sites) for seismic protection of public buildings. 

Training, as a non-structural prevention action, is a topic addressed by a few entities, specifically the National Fire and Rescue Service, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Defence, and the Ministry of Education, University and Research. We continue entering data related to the various targets and their respective indicators into the Sendai Framework monitoring platform.

Budget

All initiatives undertaken by the platform are co-financed by the participating parties.