News 2024
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...