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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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