On 12 June 2018 a Workshop was organized for 11 local and 2 national DRR experts. Trainings were held in social vulnerability as an element of disaster risk assessments, DRR communication with media and project proposals preparation. All the participants evaluated the workshop as above average and highly appreciated insights provided by lecturers. Materials: 2018-06-12…
On 31 May 2018 the 3rd round-table discussion was organized in Zrenjanin, with 38 participants from local and national governments, academia and a regional perspective. Best examples of current practice of planning disaster risk reduction measures, civil protection enhancement and preventive infrastructure works in the City of Kragujevac and the Municipality of Ub were presented.…
On 28-29 May 2018, a Workshop was organized on Rudno for 22 participants, with a purpose of preparing a joint Pilot Western Morava River Basin DRR Programme. Via focus groups and team excercises, a number of objectives, measures and activities were agreed as possible and needed in the future period. The Draft Programme was agreed…
On 24 May 2018 the 2nd round-table discussion was organized in Kragujevac, with 43 national and local level DRR stakeholders. Best examples of current practice of planning disaster risk reduction measures, civil protection enhancement and preventive infrastructure works in the City of Kragujevac and the Municipality of Ub were presented, as well as challenges of…
Ceremonial Signing of the Cooperation Protocols among Cities and Municipalities of the Great Morava River Basin and the Upper Danube River Basin – Banat Watercourses Short Description: With support of the SEE URBAN project, ceremonial signing of the Cooperation Protocols among Cities and Municipalities of the Great Morava River Basin and the Upper Danube…
In Serbia, additional training on QGIS software was organized for DRR practitioners from local self-governments in order to develop their technical capacities. The aim of this training was to support the usage of innovative IT solutions for disaster risk reduction and management in Serbia and to achieve better integration of environmental and resilience policies, as…
The Regional Meeting was held in Opatija in Croatia, as part of the Project” SEE URBAN –Building of the South East Europe Urban Resilience Action Network”, from October 16 to October 18, 2017. The Regional Meeting was organized aiming to exchange the DRR experience and strengthen local institutions’ capacities involved in reducing the risks from…
In 2017, UNDP SRB CO also organized Competition for Best Local DRR Practices, in strong cooperation with national partners: PIMO, SCTM, Caritas Serbia and Red Cross Serbia. Winners were announced on October 13, 2017, during the first International DRR Day celebration in Kruševac, with the exhibition and a cocktail. Award to local practitioners was presence…
On 09 and 10 October 2017, was conducted a two-day workshop, in Prevallë/Sharr with assigned DRR officials of each municipality and representatives of AME and UNDP Kosovo. The workshop aimed to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of revised model of local DRR network, presentation of the Manual for the establishment of the DRR local network,…
OPATIJA 16.-18. 9. 2017. Disaster risk reduction is a multidisciplinary issue. While planning for emergency situations the following factor shall be taken into account: vulnerability, available capacities, identified risks and the exposure of vulnerable groups to the identified risk with an analysis of risk as time passes. With the aim of disaster risk reduction it is necessary…