Workshop on Risk Management Capability Assessment

The Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) aims to promote a culture of prevention and preparedness, emphasising the development of capacities to deal with risk. To that end, Member States should share with the European Commission the results of their national risk assessments and of the assessment of their Risk Management Capability every three years. In order to support countries in the latter, the Risk Management Capability Assessment Guidelines (Commission Notice 2015/C 261/03) propose a flexible methodology to evaluate the administrative, technical and financial capacities of countries to carry out risk assessments and plan and implement risk prevention and preparedness measures. The workshop held in Ispra (Italy) on the 14th and 15th December was a space for Member States to share and discuss their experiences in the evaluation of capabilities, through the analysis of three case studies: flood events, epidemic events and climate change adaptation (as part of the initiative "Covenant of Mayors").JRC.E.1-Disaster Risk Managemen

Identifying challenges in Disaster Risk Reduction: Risk Data Hub for Disaster Risk Management

The Workshop on “Identifying challenges in Disaster Risk Reduction” held in Varese, Italy on 28 -29 of June 2017 aimed to improve the knowledge base on Disaster Risk Assessment (DRA) that could contribute to the potential development of the updated version of EU Guidelines for Risk Assessment and Mapping for Disaster Management. The DRMKC Risk Data Hub will become the tool for centralized collection of available knowledge, which will facilitate the identification of gaps. Challenges common to a large number of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) initiatives were identified and discussed. Challenging at local, national and international levels for top down strategies and bottom up actions for DRR is to underline the scope, importance and applicability of different methodologies, data usage and actions for different scales. With this workshop, the DRMKC planned to identify main challenges for DRR focusing the attention on two hazards: floods and drought. To accomplish its objectives, the workshop brought together: experts of flood and drought disaster risk, member states experts with experience in disaster risk assessment at national level and national Web platform developers experienced in disaster risk mapping.JRC.E.1-Disaster Risk Managemen

Disaster Damages and Loss Data for Policy: Pre- and Post-event damage assessment and collection of Data for Evidence-based policies

This Report follows the work carried out by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) in collaboration with the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) and (since 2015) by its Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC) over the last few years. In particular, it follows the three previously published reports dedicated to the relevance of continuous, accurate and well established collection of Disasters Damage and Loss Data and takes account of the most recent policy developments in the field. In this 4th Report the emphasis has been put on strengthen the link across a number of policies, both at EU level and at Global level, aiming to improve resilience of societies. The common factor of these policies resides on their need for data for a more coherent, coordinated and hence effective implementation.JRC.E.1-Disaster Risk Managemen

Recommendations for National Risk Assessment for Disaster Risk Management in EU

Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) calls Participating States to develop risk assessments periodically and make the summary of their National Risk Assessment (NRA) available to the European Commission as a way to prevent disaster risk in Europe. In order to facilitate countries on this task, the European Commission developed the Guidelines on risk assessment and mapping. In spite of these, the summaries received have revealed several challenges related to the process and the content of the assessments. The current report aims to provide scientific support to the UCPM participant countries in their development of NRA, explaining why and how a risk assessment could be carried out, how the results of this could be used for Disaster Risk Management planning and in general, how science can help civil protection authorities and staff from ministries and agencies engaged in NRA activities. The report is the result of the collaborative effort of the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre team and nine Joint Research Centre expert groups which provided their insight on tools and methods for specific risk assessment related to certain hazards and assets: drought, earthquakes, floods, terrorist attacks, biological disasters, critical infrastructures, chemical accidents, nuclear accidents and Natech accidents. The current document would be improved by a next version that would include scientific guidance on other risks and the collaboration of potential users.JRC.E.1-Disaster Risk Managemen

Science Policy Interfaces in Disaster Risk Management in the EU. Mapping the support provided by science in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism

There is space for improved scientific support within Member States and the European Commission in disaster risk policy-making, early warning systems and disaster response. This reports constitutes the second phase in a study of JRC on the topic. The “smart practices” presented are examples of Science Policy Interfaces in practice that could be transferred to other countries considering institutional and socio-economic context. The report is based on collection and analysis of publicly available material. The study will be followed up with a third phase, including interviews with Member States. The conclusions allow to formulate a set of recommendations, most of which will be addressed by further research at the JRC as part of the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre.JRC.G.2-Global security and crisis managemen

Science Policy Interfaces in Disaster Risk Management in the EU: Requirements and conditions for efficient SPIs in practice

Science Policy Interface #3. Requirements and conditions for efficient Science Policy Interfaces in DRM EU countries use Science Policy Interfaces (SPIs) in different stages of Disaster Risk Management although some challenges and gaps remain in practice. The Current study reveals the requirements for SPIs to create knowledge ready for “action” and the conditions for these at institutional and social level. From these, three practices emerge as critical for success. The framework built serves to monitor and boost SPIs in practice and a source of knowledge to share and strategically work at the DRMKC.JRC.E.1-Disaster Risk Managemen