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Conference on Human Rights and Migration
The Executive Secretary of the EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement participated in Ankara in the Conference on Human Rights and Migration in the Context of Natural Disasters and Emergency Situations on 11 and 12 June 2024. The conference was organised by the Council of Europe in the framework of the...
3rd Technical Workshop of the Global Fire Management Hub
On 28-30 May 2024, the Executive Secretary participated in the 3rd Technical Workshop of the Global Fire Management Hub held in Rome, organised at the initiative of FAO and UNEP. The Global Fire Management Hub provides the basis for developing a consent-based international instrument - a...
Workshop on the Prevention of Earthquakes
The European Centre on the Vulnerability of Industrial and Lifeline Systems, from North Macedonia organised a workshop on the "Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Masonry and Preserved Structures" on 23 May 2024, in Skopje. The workshop constituted another milestone of a joint project...
81st Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents
The Committee of Permanent Correspondents of the EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement held its 81st meeting on 16 May 2024 by videoconference. The main aim of the meeting was to discuss EUR-OPA’s contribution to the ongoing efforts to safeguard the right to living in a clean, healthy and sustainable...
Strengthening Cooperation in Disaster Risk Reduction
On 2 and 3 May 2024, at the invitation of the European Centre for Disaster Medicine (CEMEC) of San Marino, the directors of specialised scientific centres met at the newly inaugurated Centre for Global Studies at Palazzo Masi in San Marino (and online) to discuss ongoing efforts to strengthen...
Global Fire Management Hub Workshop
On 19 March 2024, Professor Johann Goldammer, Director of the Global Fire Monitoring Centre (Freibourg, Germany) participated in the Second Technical Workshop of the Global Fire Management Hub Workshop organised in Rome by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in...
BeSafeNet 2024 Olympiad Results
The4smarties team from Stavros Gymnasium, Cyprus clinched the top spot in the 2024 BeSafeNet Olympiad held online on 23 February. The 4tified team from S5th General Upper Secondary School of Karditsa, Greece and the Viva Eroina team from Colegiul National Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romania came second...
BeSafeNet 2024 Olympiad
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...
EUR-OPA Bureau Meeting
The Bureau of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents met virtually on 14 February for its first meeting of the year to discuss the implementation of the work programme of the Agreement and to prepare the forthcoming Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents, to be held on 16 May...
UNDRR Action-oriented dialogue on the “Reducing Risk Together: Community Engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction"
On 13-15 December 2023, the Executive Secretary of EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement participated in the Action-oriented dialogue on the “Reducing Risk Together: Community Engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction” convened by the UNDRR and the Ministry of the Interior of Finland. The Action-Oriented...
BeSafeNet 2023 Olympiad Award Ceremony
The 2023 BeSafeNet Olympiad laureates and their teachers celebrated their winning performance on the occasion of the Award Ceremony held at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on 1 December. The top three were team geOLTgrafias, Romania (1st), team Amigos III, Greece (2nd) and the Green team,...
First Technical Workshop of the Global Fire Management Hub
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) organised on 14-16 November 2023 the First Technical Workshop of the Global Fire Management Hub Workshop. It was attended in person by Professor Johann Goldammer,...
Joint Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents and the Directors of Specialised Centres
The EUR-OPA Committee of Permanent Correspondents and the Directors of Specialised Centres held their (80th) joint meeting in Strasbourg on 6 and 7 November. The main aim of the meeting was to discuss the priorities of work for 2024, taking into account the Medium-Term Plan 2021-2025 and the...
World Congress on CBRNe Science & Consequence Management
On 23 - 26 October 2023 the Executive Secretary of the Agreement participated, on behalf of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, in the World Congress on CBRNe Science & Consequence Management, held in Cavtat, Croatia, where he delivered an address. In his statement the Executive...
12th Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe Annual Advisory Forum
At the invitation of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA), the European Institute of Cultural Routes and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, the Executive Secretary participated as a speaker in the 12th Cultural...
OASP-ECPFE Workshop on Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Masonry and Preserved Structures
On 13 September 2023, the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization and the European Centre on Prevention and Forecasting of Earthquakes (ECPFE) organised in Athens a workshop on Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Masonry and Preserved Structures. The workshop constituted one of the...
International Conference on Resilient Systems (ICRS2023)
The Executive Secretary participated in the International Conference on Resilient Systems (ICRS) 2023 organised jointly by Escuela de Gobierno y Tranformación Pública, the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC), the Stevens Institute of Technology and the Netherlands’ 4TU Centre for Resilience Engineering...
Destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Kherson region of Ukraine: statement by Council of Europe leaders
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Council of Europe’s President of the Committee of Ministers, Edgars Rinkēvičs, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Tiny Kox and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić made the...
DPPI SEE Regional Meeting
On 31 May and 1 June, the Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative for South-Eastern Europe held its 45th regional meeting and an advisory board meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. EUR-OPA’s Executive Secretary participated in the meeting and delivered a statement, in which he...
UN Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for DRR
On 18 and 19 May in New York, the Executive Secretary participated and delivered a statement at the High-Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The meeting was convened by the President...
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