Building More Inclusive Societies through Better Disaster Risk Management
Agenda
EUR-OPA Ministerial Meeting - 24 November 2021, Matosinhos, Portugal
Opening Ceremony
Welcome speeches by:
- Mr. Eduardo CABRITA, Minister for Home Affairs, Portugal
- Mr. Matjaz GRUDEN, Director, Directorate of Democratic Participation, Council of Europe
- Ms. Shamila NAIR-BEDOUELLE, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Ms. Paraskevi MICHOU, Director-General at DG for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, European Commission
Inclusion of vulnerable groups in preparing for and responding to disasters
- Mr. Christos STYLIANIDES, Minister of Climate Change and Civil Protection, Greece
- Mr. Roberto CIAVATTA, Minister Secretary of State for Health, San Marino
Associated themes:
- Protection of vulnerable groups in case of a pandemic
- New threats resulting from changing climate (pathogens released by melting permafrost, tropical diseases appearing in temperate climate zones; heatwaves and drought increasing malnutrition, etc.)
Adoption of the Recommendation "enabling and protecting persons with disabilities before, during and after public health emergencies resulting from viral or other pathogenic pandemics" (Russian version of the document) and the Recommendation "Inclusion of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in public health emergencies resulting from viral or other pathogenic pandemics" (Russian version of the document)
Second Session
Developing EUR-OPA's actions to meet the new challenges posed by natural, technological and biological hazards
- Mr Damir TRUT, Director General of the Civil Protection Directorate, Ministry of the Interior, Croatia
- Mr Marián DRITOMSKÝ, General Director, Section of Crisis Management, Minister of Interior, Slovak Republic
- Mr. Costas CONSTANTINOU, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, Cyprus
- Mr. Vladimir SOLOVIEV, Director of the Department for International Cooperation of EMERCOM of Russia, Russian Federation
- Mr. Octavian BIVOL, Chief of the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Associated themes:
- Priorities of the EUR-OPA Medium-Term Plan 2021-2025 / Russian version of the document
- EUR-OPA's contribution to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
Adoption of the Ministerial Declaration / Russian version of the document
Closing Ceremony