European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction: contributions to Climate Change Policy agenda

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European Forum for Disaster Risk
Reductioncontributions to Climate Change Policy
agenda

• Dr. Pande Lazarevski
• Co-chair of the European Forum for DRR
• Brussels, 7 July 2010

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European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction

• Established
• Meeting of European NPs and HFA Focal Points in
  London, October 2009
• Objectives
• To serve as a forum to stimulate and facilitate
  the exchange of information and knowledge among
  participating national HFA focal points and
  platforms and regional/sub-regional partners
• To provide advocacy for effective action to
  reduce disasters, by contributing to the
  implementation of the HFA, and by promoting and
  supporting the creation of new national platforms
• To create a safer Europe by reducing the impact
  of natural hazards to reduce vulnerability, and
  increasing the ability to minimize consequences
  of disasters
• The forum will facilitate exchanges among
  European nations on the implementation of the
  HFA, and will provide an opportunity for
  innovative ideas in the field of DRR

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European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction

• The EFDRR addresses
• Increased awareness on DRR as an integral aspect
  of sustainable development and adaptation to
  climate change, recognizing that it is
  everybodys business
• Enhanced commitment of policy and decision makers
  to implement HFA
• Stimulated engagement of national and regional
  actors to promote joint activities towards DRR
• Enhanced coordination of relevant national and
  regional actors in DRR
• Fostered understanding of the HFA reporting
  mechanisms
• Identified specific opportunities for
  cross-fertilization between countries and
  sub-regions for exchange of information, as well
  as inter-government and inter-sector cooperation

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European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction

• Focus areas and activities identified by NPs and
  HFA Focal Points
• Adaptation to Climate Change and extreme weather
  events
• Critical infrastructures ( such as hospitals and
  schools)
• Local level / Community level approach
• Safety level standards
• Harmonize risk mapping and assessments including
  data collection

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European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction

• Principles of the EFDRR
• Bottom-up and participatory approach
• Building on existing institutions/organizations
• Avoid the creation of bureaucratic layers and
  rigid structures

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European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction

• Greater coordination and cooperation with
  international institutions and initiatives on CCA
  DRR
• ISDR, UNFCCC, IPCC (Demetrio, any more
  organizations?)

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EFDRR Advisory Groups
Advisory Group on CCA DRR
Advisory Group on knowledge information
sharing exchanges among NPs
The activities of both advisory groups are
interrelated and lead to the same goal.
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Advisory Group on Climate Change Adaptation and
DRR

• The group will organize
• Session for CCA and DRR
• Propose a European task force on CCA DRR
• The very idea to establish an European task force
  under the auspices of the EFDRR is a expression
  of the political will to jointly address CCA
  DRR.
• To boost the exchange of expertise
• To make proposal on policy making related to CCA
  DRR

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Advisory Group on Climate Change Adaptation and
DRR
Members France Germany Macedonia Norway
Poland
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• Macedonian experiences

Emphasis not only on expert academic dimension,
but also on legal, economic social aspects of
CCA strategies, policies plans.
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• Thank you
• E-mail npdrr.office_at_gs.gov.mk