"Minimizing wildfire risk in EU tourist areas" WUITIPS Final Workshop
The workshop is organised with the support of DG-ECHO, ACCIÓ, and the Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to the European Union
Wildfires
Key information
- Date(s)
- -
- Location
- Brussels, Belgium
- Attendance type
- Hybrid
- Registration instructions
Date: February 13th, 2025
Location: Espai Catalunya Europa - Rue de la Loi, 227, Brussels, BelgiumThose of you interested in attending the workshop face-to-face, please email WUITIPS project coordinator
Elsa Pastor (elsa.pastor@upc.edu)
- Organiser
- Pricing
- Free
- Attendance model
- Open
Description
The aim of this workshop is to present the results of the European Project WUITIPS, funded by the European Commission’s Civil Protection Department (DG-ECHO). The project has developed risk analysis methodologies for tourist infrastructures and applied them to pilot cases in Girona (Spain) and Pyrénées Orientales (France). The workshop aims to explore how these results can be scaled up to other regions and countries, with a view to reduce wildfire risk in touristic areas and infrastructures. It also aims to serve as a platform for expert reflection and debate, fostering solutions that are applicable across Europe.
Target audience: experts and representatives of regions faced with wildfire risks, of the tourism sector, of administrations responsible for citizens’ safety, and representatives of various Directorates General of the European Commission or of other institutions working in this field (i.e. CLIMA, ENV, AGRI, GROW, JRC, ECHO).
Agenda:
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Welcome (Generalitat de Catalunya and DG-ECHO representatives) |
| 9:45 – 10:15 | Introduction to the WUITIPS Project – Identifying wildfire-vulnerable tourist areas at regional and municipal Level. (Elsa Pastor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) |
| 10:15 – 11:00 | Tools for assessing building vulnerability – Fire Protection Engineering in practice at pilot sites. (Pascale Vacca, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya ; Bruno Guillaume, Efectis France) |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Tools for assessing human vulnerability – Evacuation of tourist infrastructures. (Arthur Rohaert, Lund University; Borja Rengel, Efectis France) |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | European outreach and scaling program of WUITIPS products. (Maria Pipió, Diputació de Girona; Philippe Meresse, Entente pour la Fôret Méditérranéene) |
| 12.15 – 13:00 | Round table discussion – Implementation challenges and opportunities. (David Caballero; Meteogrid -Spain; Klaudijo Filcic, Fire Service Croatia; Miltiadis Athanasiou, Institute of Forest Mediterannean Ecosystems - Greece) |
Last updated: 21 January 2025
Agenda
Related content
Documents
wuitips-summary.pdf
(1.92 MB - PDF)