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Workshop on landscape management in the face of the climate crisis: a resilience approach - challenges and opportunities
On 12 and 13 May 2026, Dr Julian Mamo, Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics (ICoD) Malta, participated in the 27th Meeting of the Workshops on “Landscape management in the face of the climate crisis: a resilience approach - challenges and opportunities”...
85th EUR-OPA Committee of Permanent Correspondents meeting
The Committee of Permanent Correspondents of the EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement held its 85th meeting on 21 April 2026 by videoconference. The main objective of the meeting was to discuss the agenda, organisation, and technical details of the forthcoming 15th Ministerial Session of the Agreement...
EUR-OPA 84th Joint Meeting
The EUR-OPA Committee of Permanent Correspondents and the Directors of Specialised Centres held their (84th) joint meeting in Paris on 6 and 7 November. The main aim of the meeting was to discuss and adopt a Recommendation on the citizen-centred prevention and preparedness in the face of natural...
Third Workshop on Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Masonry and Preserved Structures
On 14 and 15 October 2025, the Security Innovation Center hosted the third workshop on Seismic Assessment and Retrofitting of Masonry in Preserved Structures in Belgrade. The workshop, organised under the aegis of the EUR-OPA Network of Scientific Centres, gathered specialists from the European...
Global Fire Management Hub
On 10-12 June 2025, the Executive Secretary of the Agreement participated in Rome in the first Plenary meeting of the Global Fire Management Hub organised by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. The Plenary was a conclusion of a three-year long process of establishing, through a series of...
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
On 4 – 6 June 2025 the Executive Secretary of the Agreement participated in Geneva in the Eight Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025) held under the theme “Every Day Counts, Act for Resilience Today”, convened and organised by UNDRR. Over 3000 participants from a...
EUROMED PROTECT-NET - Euro-Mediterranean Forum for Disaster Risk Governance, Health Preparedness and Networking Advancement
At the invitation of the European Centre for Disaster Medicine (CEMEC) of San Marino, the directors of Specialised Scientific Centres met on 22-24 May 2025 at the Centre for Global Studies at Palazzo Masi in San Marino (and online) to discuss ongoing efforts to strengthen cooperation among the...
EUR-OPA’s 83rd Committee of Permanent Correspondents Meeting
The Committee of Permanent Correspondents of the EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement held its 83rd meeting on 20 May 2025 by videoconference. The main aim of the meeting was to discuss “Perceptions of global warming and threats of natural hazards and on eco-emotions and differences in perception of...
2025 BeSafeNet Olympiad Results
The Storm Chasers team from Liceul “Regina Maria”, Romania , secured the top spot in the 2025 BeSafeNet Olympiad held on 12 March. The Pauchichi team from Prirodoslovna škola Vladimira Preloga , from Croatia and the Abysseteam from Gymnasio Agiou Ioannou Chrysostomou, Cyprus placed second and...
2025 BeSafeNet Olympiad
The EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement invites secondary school students in all Council of Europe member states to participate in the 2025 BeSafeNet Olympiad that will be held on Wednesday 12 March 2025 at 09:00 (CET). Participants will have the opportunity to test their knowledge of natural and...
EUR-OPA Joint Meeting
The EUR-OPA Committee of Permanent Correspondents and the Directors of Specialised Centres held their 82nd Joint meeting in Paris on 21 and 22 November 2024. The main aim of the meeting was to discuss the implementation of the Medium-Term Plan 2021-2024 and to review the ongoing and proposed...
Europe and Central Asia Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and 2024 BeSafeNet Olympiad Award Ceremony
The Europe and Central Asia Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction “Empowering communities, building resilience” was held on 6 – 8 November in Budva, Montenegro. The EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement, which together with the UNDRR and the European Commission, was a co-organiser of the Forum...
BeSafeNet Editorial Board Meeting
The BeSafeNet Editorial Board met on 25 and 26 September in Msida, Malta, to review the BeSafeNet project’s latest actions and their increasing impact. The board discussed ways to expand and improve the Olympiad experience for the 2025 competition and capitalise on the ever-growing interest in...
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...
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