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  2. About us
    1. EUR-OPA in brief
    2. Member states
    3. Specialised Centres
    4. Our partners
  3. News
    1. News 2026
  4. COVID-19
  5. Topics
    1. Vulnerable groups
      1. People with Disabilities
        1. Workshop People with Disabilities and major hazards
        2. Conference on Including People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness and Response
        3. Disability and Disaster Preparedness – Toolkit Release
      2. Migrants
        1. Working groups on migrants and Disaster Risk Reduction
      3. Children
        1. BeSafeNet
    2. Awareness raising
      1. School  Education
      2. Higher Education
      3. Professional Education
    3. Risk Governance
      1. International organisations
      2. Interministerial work
      3. Local authorities
      4. National legislation
      5. Concept of Risk
    4. Post disaster initiative
      1. Psychosocial care
    5. Climate change impact
    6. Cultural Heritage
  6. Meetings
    1. Ministerial meetings
    2. Committee of Permanent Correspondents meetings
      1. Documents - 84th Joint Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents and Directors of Specialised Centres
      2. Documents - 85th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents
    3. Specialised Centres meetings
  7. Calendar
    1. Calendar 2026
  8. Resources
    1. Publications
    2. Recommendations
    3. Resolutions
    4. Multimedia
  9. Contact
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    • Vulnerable groups
      • Back
      • People with Disabilities
        • Back
        • Workshop People with Disabilities and major hazards
        • Conference on Including People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness and Response
        • Disability and Disaster Preparedness – Toolkit Release
      • Migrants
        • Back
        • Working groups on migrants and Disaster Risk Reduction
      • Children
        • Back
        • BeSafeNet
    • Awareness raising
      • Back
      • School  Education
      • Higher Education
      • Professional Education
    • Risk Governance
      • Back
      • International organisations
      • Interministerial work
      • Local authorities
      • National legislation
      • Concept of Risk
    • Post disaster initiative
      • Back
      • Psychosocial care
    • Climate change impact
    • Cultural Heritage
  • Meetings
    • Back
    • Ministerial meetings
    • Committee of Permanent Correspondents meetings
      • Back
      • Documents - 84th Joint Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents and Directors of Specialised Centres
      • Documents - 85th Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents
    • Specialised Centres meetings
  • Calendar
    • Back
    • Calendar 2026
  • Resources
    • Back
    • Publications
    • Recommendations
    • Resolutions
    • Multimedia
  • Contact
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  2. Topics
  3. Vulnerable groups
  4. People with Disabilities
  5. Disability and Disaster Preparedness – Toolkit Release
  6. Presentations

Presentations

  • Ms. Paola ALBRITO
    Head of the Regional Office for Europe, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
    The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Inclusiveness and Persons with Disabilities
  • Ms. Biljana ZUBER
  • Policy Officer, Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection ECHO A5, Civil Protection Policy Unit, European Commission
    The New Union Civil Protection Mechanism. Disability inclusive disaster management
  • Mr. Ivars NAKURTS
    Head of Civil Protection, State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia
    Disability inclusive disaster management. Outcomes of the Latvian Presidency of the European Union and future steps
  • Mr. Steffen HELBING
    Cultural and Visual Communication’s Centre for the Deaf, Berlin, Germany
    Inclusion - a challenge for disaster prevention
  • Ms. Mechthilde FUHRER
    EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement, Directorate General II, Council of Europe
    The EUR-OPA network and its views on vulnerable groups
  • Mr. Silvio SAGRAMOLA
    Director, Info-Handicap and coordinator of the European Concept for Accessibility Network EuCAN, Luxembourg
    Disability and Disaster Preparedness – Toolkit Release
  • Prof. Ilan KELMAN
    Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London, United Kingdom
    Disability and Disaster
  • Ms. Greet VAN GOOL
    Federal Public Service of Social Security, Brussels, Belgium
    The implementation of the UNCRPD in Belgium - The inclusion of people with disabilities in disaster preparedness
  • Mr. Francesc ARAGALL
    President Design for All Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
    Impact of Design for All
  • Prof. Stephanos E. DRITSOS
    European Centre on Prevention and Forecasting of Earthquakes (ECPFE), Greece
    DRR preparedness:  Implementing a training and education strategy in case of earthquakes
  • Ms. Petra SÖDERQVIST
    Policy Officer, European Union for the Deaf, Brussels, Belgium
    Disability and Disaster Preparedness – A Deaf Perspective
  • Mr. Robert SUNDE
    Director of Development & Sales, LESS as, Kapp, Norway
    Survival for All - equal chances with the right tools
  • Dr. Çağlar AKGÜNGÖR
    Director of Research, AKUT Institute of Training and Research, Istanbul, Turkey
    Disasters and the Disabled in Istanbul: An EDUCEN Field Study
  • Ms. Claudia SCHEDLICH
    European Network for Psychosocial Crisis Management, Bonn, Germany
    Assisting Disabled in Case of Disaster- Implementation of Psychosocial Crisis Management
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