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October 14, 2024 In Events

MEDiate Webinar: Multi-hazard and Risk-informed System for Enhanced Local and Regional Disaster Risk Management

We are pleased to announce that the MEDiate project participated in the Europe and Central Asia Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) event in November in Montenegro.
As part of the event, a webinar titled “Multi-hazard and Risk-informed System for Enhanced Local and Regional Disaster Risk Management” took place online on October 14th 2024 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM (CEST).
The MEDiate Webinar is aimed at:
  • Promoting a shift in disaster risk management from single, hazard-specific approaches to more integrated, multi-hazard perspectives.
  • Sharing the latest research and innovation outcomes in disaster risk management with the wider DRR community.
  • Encouraging cross-sector collaboration in multidisciplinary teams.
  • Strengthening civil society engagement in disaster risk reduction.
Agenda:
  1. Welcome and Introduction
    Moderator: Abdelghani Meslem, MEDiate Project Coordinator, Senior Research Engineer at Stiftelsen NORSAR, Associate Professor at Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway).
  2. Panel Discussion Session
    Speakers:
    • Osman Ibrahim
      Crisis Management and Planning, Head of Strategy, Agency for Emergency Planning, City of Oslo (Norway).
    • Lucy Shepherd
      Lead Local Flood Authority Manager, Environment and Climate Action, Essex County Council (United Kingdom).
    • Sólveig Thorvaldsdóttir
      Former Director of the Icelandic National Disaster Management Agency, Team Leader of the Icelandic International Urban SAR Team, Expert in Disaster Management Systems (Iceland).
    • Nadejda Komendantova
      Cooperation-oriented Governance for Complex Policy, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria).
    • Marcello Arosio
      Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist, Risk and Emergency Management, University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia (Italy).
    • Carmine Galasso
      Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR), Professor of Catastrophe Risk Engineering, University College London (United Kingdom).
  3. Session Guiding Questions:
    • What are the challenges of climate change and interacting hazards in disaster management faced by your organizations?
    • What are the opportunities and challenges of climate change research and innovation solutions for disaster risk management and governance?
    • How can a multi-hazard risk-informed system support multi-level cross-sectoral coordination and collaboration?
    • Why does an information-sharing gap exist between researchers and practitioners, and how can it be bridged?
  4. Q&A Session