News 2023
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...
79th Committee of Permanent Correspondents Meeting
The Committee of Permanent Correspondents of the EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement held its 79th meeting on 11 May 2023 by videoconference. The main aim of the meeting was to discuss the use of social media to support national measures for successful disaster risk communication. The permanent...
PACE report on Political strategies against natural disasters
On 26 April, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will debate a report (Doc. 15738) drafted by PACE Rapporteur Mr Simon Moutquin (Belgium, SOC) on Political strategies to prevent, prepare for, and face the consequences of natural disasters. Ending a recent three-day visit to...
40th Anniversary of the European University Centre for Cultural Heritage
On 15 April, the Executive Secretary of EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement attended a ceremony to mark the 40th Anniversary of the European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (CUEBC), that has been one of the cornerstones of cooperation within the Network of EUR-OPA Specialised Centres. At the...
5th International Conference on Civil Protection & Science
On 29 March, the Executive Secretary of EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement participated in the 5th International Conference on Civil Protection & Science organised by the Observatory of Civil Protection & Safety and ISEC Lisboa - Higher Institute of Education and Sciences, where he delivered a...
Results of the 2023 BeSafeNet Olympiad
Team geOLTgrafia from National College “Ion Minulescu”, Romania has emerged as winner of the 2023 BeSafeNet Olympiad held on 10 March. Team Amigos III from Geitonas School, Greece and the Green Team from 40 Secondary School “Louis Pasteur”, Bulgaria came second and third. 174 secondary schools...
EUR-OPA Bureau Meeting
The Bureau of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents met virtually on 21 March 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-line on 11...
Meeting on Understanding and Communicating Risks
On 23-24 February, the Executive Secretary of EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement participated in a meeting on “Understanding and communicating existing and future risks: Ensuring evidence-based communication” organised in Bucharest, Romania by the Romanian Ministry of Interior in cooperation with...