WEF launches initiative to mitigate wildfire risks
WEF publishes FireAId: an initiative aimed at mitigating wildfire risks using AI systems.
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rescEU: First-ever CBRN reserve in Finland
Finland receives €242 million to develop the first-ever rescEU chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear strategic reserve.
INEGMA-E2 presented at BBK Fachkongress
INEGMA-E2 was presented at the first BBK Fachkongress Forschung für den Bevölkerungsschutz (congress for civil protection) in January 2023.
EU to double firefighting aircraft resources
Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič announced that the EU will double the capacity of firefighting aircraft resources this summer.
Scientific Opinion on Strategic Crisis Management
Report on ‘Scientific Opinion on Strategic Crisis Management in the EU’
Forest fire season: Lessons learnt
Wildfires: EU Civil Protection preparation for 2023 kicked off in Lisbon on 10 January.
CEMS aerial component activated
First activation of the Aerial Component of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS)
Cultural Heritage training bridges LAC and Italy
Patrimonio cultural: riesgos y gestion, an on-line training programme for increasing capacities on cultural heritage protection and management
Main Planning Conference. November 2022, Cyprus
The PDEX-JIP Consortium, and beneficiaries from JIP met on the 2nd and 3rd of November in Cyprus for the project’s Main Planning Conference.
EuroGeographics: Maps for a Data-Driven Europe
On 29 November, EuroGeographics organized an event at the European Parliament on Maps for a Data-Driven Europe.
Wildfire Prevention Action Plan call for practices
Wildfire Prevention Action Plan, looking for good practices on wildfire risk awareness in Europe.
12th Meeting of the OECD High-Level Risk Forum
The 12th OECD High-Level Risk Forum took place in Paris between 12 and 13 of December.
DRMKC and Knowledge Network to merge newsletters
The DRMKC has just issued its final newsletter. As of January 2023, the DRMKC and the UCPKN's newsletters will be merged into one.
European Civil Protection Pool- Offered capacities
Daily map that illustrates how EU support trough the European Civil Protection Pool.
International Competition for Children Paintings
DG Fire Safety and Civil Protection, Ministry of Interior, Bulgaria, in partnership with National Palace of Children has been organising an art compet
INEGMA-E2 at Nicosia Risk Forum 2022
INEGMA-E2 was present at Nicosia Risk Forum 2022 - both with a presentation and a workshop. Read here about the results.
Recap: final conference in Pavia, Italy
On 12.12., the BORIS project team, representatives from the EU, and stakeholders from civil protection, met for the final conference of the project.
The PROCULTHER-NET Capacity Building Programme
The survey launched in June 2022 allowed for the definition of a capacity building programme based on the needs of the UCPM Participating States.
A needs-driven approach: the PROCULTHER-NET survey
Laying needs-driven foundations of the PROCULTHER-NET thematic community within the Knowledge Network-KN.
Italy testing capacities for heritage protection
In November, Southern Italy hosted “Sisma dello Stretto 2022”, an exercise to increase the Country’s earthquake preparedness and response capacities
Emergency preparedness in Cultural Heritage
Emergency preparedness in cultural heritage needs drills to check safeguard plans and cooperation of security bodies and civil protection.
Acting in the face of floods
In October 2022 the C2RMF and the SMF, with French Blue Shield, organised a study day on floods labelled by the French Ministry of Ecological Transition.