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Secondary schools across the 22 EUR-OPA Member States are invited to participate in the forthcoming online BeSafeNet Olympiad on Friday 23 February at 09:00 (C.E.T.). The competition is held within the framework of the EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement. The pupils will have the opportunity to test their knowledge of natural and technological hazards. Fifty multiple choice questions will be based on the following five topics:

Climate Crisis
Cultural Heritage
Pandemics
Dam failures
Landslides

Details about registration and participation are published on the BeSafeNet website.

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2024 Olympiad factsheet

More information on the project

EUR-OPA Member States 23 February 2024

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The European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) supports educational projects aimed at promoting a culture of prevention and adequate behaviour in disaster risk reduction.

Through the BeSafeNet project, it provides preventive information and education by raising awareness about the different types of natural and technological disasters. BeSafeNet has developed a methodology to provide basic knowledge on emergencies for the benefit of pupils and teachers by:

Promoting safety and preparedness through awareness raising among youth
Widely disseminating a wealth of valid information and best practice multilingually through its dedicated website
Providing an interactive online tool for users, enriching and regularly updating the BeSafeNet website content.

The BeSafeNet online Olympiad

The BeSafeNet online Olympiad was first launched in 2019. The competition is open to all the secondary schools in the EUR-OPA member States.

The Olympiad consists of 50 questions on 5 different natural and technological hazards (10 questions for each).

Topics covered on the BeSafeNet website include weather-related hazards such as floods, storm surges, avalanches, desertification etc. Natural hazards include volcanic eruptions, landslides, tsunamis, earthquakes etc. Dam failures, radiological and chemical emergencies are categorised under technological disasters. Given the recent worldwide COVID-19 outbreak,

BeSafeNet widened the scope of topics to include biological hazards and pandemics. The top three teams are awarded various gifts and a modest donation is made to each of the schools. Consolation prizes are offered to the 7 teams of runners up.

For more detailed information, check out the BeSafeNet website.

Photo gallery: BeSafeNet Olympiad 2023