Session on EU Disaster Management: New Tools for Policy Making at the fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

As part of the Fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, to be held in Geneva from the 19th -23rd May, the European Commission has organised an open session on

EU Disaster Management: New Tools for Policy Making

This will take place on Wednesday 22nd May 2013 between 14:00 and 14:55

Disaster risk reduction and building a culture of resilience are central elements of sustainable development policies and need to be addressed with a renewed sense of urgency at all levels. 

The European Union (EU) disaster risk management policy, including the strengthening of EU civil protection cooperation and the resilience agenda integrated into both development cooperation and humanitarian response have the potential to offer very concrete deliverables for the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (HFA2). 

The side event will present how the EU is developing ambitious policies on disaster risk reduction and resilience, contributing to the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. The side event will also outline where the EU, in partnership with other international actors has been developing tools and actions to support policy-making on disaster risk reduction, contributing to sustainable development objectives. These tools and activities include knowledge (climate change adaptation platform) and risk assessment, research (applying the evidence from science and technology to EU policy making); and finance (global insurance facility in developing countries). 

Examples will include reference to GCCA supported interventions to help illustrate these themes.