News 2018
EUR-OPA Bureau meeting
The meeting of the EUR-OPA Bureau was held in Strasbourg on 12 April 2018. The participants discussed in particular the budgetary situation of the EUR-OPA Agreement and took note of the adjustments to the work programme following the discontinuation of Turkey as a major contributor. The...
Meeting of the BeSafeNet Editorial Board
The BeSafeNet Editorial Board held a meeting in Strasbourg on 17 and 18 April 2018. The participants discussed in particular the future steps of the project in view to finalise BeSafeNet website as well as the preparation of the Olympiad, an online competition on the theme “Better knowledge...
Statutory meetings
Joint meeting of the EUR-OPA Committee of Permanent Correspondents and the Directors of Specialised Centres
The Committee of Permanent Correspondents and the Directors of Specialised Centres of the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement held a joint meeting on 6-7 November 2018 in Zagreb (Croatia), in the framework of the Croatian chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of...
2018 European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction
Securing Europe’s Prosperity – Reducing Risks of Disasters
On 21-23 November 2018, about 800 representatives of European countries, stakeholder groups and partners will gather in Rome (Italy) for the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction at the invitation of the Italian Government. The United Nations Bureau for Disaster Reduction, the European Union...
International Conference on “Culture against disasters : protecting cultural landscape as prevention of natural disasters”
As part of 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage, the European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (CUEBC) is co-ordinating the project entitled “Revisiting local knowledge and media to fight natural disasters” (IKMeFiND). In this connection, the CUEBC is joining with EUR-OPA to hold a...
13 October 2018 - International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
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On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, The European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement of the Council of Europe (EUR-OPA) recalls the importance of ensuring that no one is left behind in the prevention and preparedness to disasters, in particular the...
Workshop on Beach and Coastal Resort Risks
Gianluca Silvestrini, EUR-OPA Executive Secretary, addressed on 24 September 2018 the workshop on Beach and Coastal Resort Risks, in Malta. Organised by the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics (ICoD), at the Institute of Earth Systems, University of Malta, this event took place...
Launch of the project "Preventing the emergency situations generated by floods"
The Executive Secretary of EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement, Gianluca Silvestrini, visited on 5-6 April 2018, the “European Centre for Mitigation of Natural Risks”, which is one of the 26 EUR-OPA Scientific Centres , based in Chisinau, Moldova. He discussed with the Director Prof. Anatolie Bantus...
Presentation of EUR-OPA activities to the Steering Committee for Educational Policy and Practice (CDPPE)
The Executive Secretary of the EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement presented the Agreement to the 9th Plenary Session of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Educational Policy and Practice held in Strasbourg on 21-23 March. He emphasised the projects carried out on prevention, preparedness...
Wildfires in Europe
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, addressed his condolences to Prime Minister Tsipras and the people of Greece following the deadly wildfires near Athens. He also extended his thoughts to the many victims of fires in Sweden. The European and Mediterranean Major...
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