DRMKC Annual Seminar and Wildfire Risk Management Project Clustering Event

• The 7th Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC) Annual Seminar will be held on the 21 November. Under the theme ‘Moving knowledge into action: A roadmap to disaster resilience’, this event is jointly organised by the JRC and DG ECHO, with opening remarks by the Spanish EU Presidency.

The aim of this year’s DRMKC Annual Seminar is to bring together different voices from the Commission’s policy and research directorates, national authorities, and other stakeholders to reflect on how to define the pathways to a more resilient EU, especially in relation to climate and disaster risks. The seminar will investigate how we can be better prepared to face the changing risk landscape and increase resilience at local, national and EU levels through DRM governance, research, innovation, and multi-stakeholder partnerships. The seminar falls under the framework of the Science pillar of the Knowledge Network.

• Following the DRMKC Annual Seminar, the Wildfire Risk Management Project Clustering Event 2023 will take place on 22 November in Brussels (at the same venue, Royal Library of Belgium). The event is organised by the European Research Executive Agency (REA) together with the Firelogue project, an EU Coordination and Support Action aiming to unite and boost cooperation between fire-related projects. 

• The event will showcase the first results of Wildfire Risk Management Green Deal Innovation Actions (TREEDS, SILVANUS, FIRE RES), FirEUrisk, DG ECHO projects (AFAN, IPA Flood and Fires, WUITIPS), and other fire projects. These projects focus practically on topics such as wildfire risk assessments and governance. Additionally, they explore questions around the coherence of the range of policies related to managing wildfire risk, such as forestry strategies or nature conservation.