CIVIL PROTECTION – ISDR JOINT EVENT



The role of modern civil protection systems and the new global challenges

“From the Hyogo Framework for Action to real time response”

Agenda

Date : 25 June 2008

Venue : International Conference Centre Geneva  (CICG) - room I

➢ 9.30 – 13.00: morning session

o Mrs. Helena Molin Valdes (Deputy Director UN/ISDR) – introductory remarks

o Mr. Salvano Briceno (Director UN/ISDR) – introductory remarks (video message)

o Sir John Holmes (USG/ERC): opening statement

o Presentation of Civil Protection Systems:

- Dr. Guido Bertolaso (Capo Dipartimento della Protezione Civile - Italy)

- Min. Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu (Minister for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters of the Russian Federation)

- Dr. Willy Scholl (Director of Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection)

- Dr. Pia Bucella (Director for Public Governance and Civil Protection – DG Environment, European Commission)

(coffee break from 11.00 to 11.30)

- Dr. David Passey (US Federal Emergency Management Agency)

- Préf. Henri Masse (Director General, Département de la Protection Civile Française)

- M.J. Hussain Saeed (Egyptian Civil Protection)

- Amb. Gabriel Fuks (Head of White Helmets Commission of Argentina)

- Sweden

- Sri Lanka

➢ 13.00 – 14.30: buffet – reception hosted by Swiss Government

➢ 14.30 – 18.00: afternoon session

(coffee break from 16.00 to 16.30)

o IFRC: remarks

o open debate (with moderator)

➢ 18.00 – 18.30: chairman’s conclusions

o Mrs. Helena Molin Valdes

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