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Activities
activities in 2007 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE LOCAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN PRAXIS Congress Centrum Halle Münsterland, Münster, Germany 18 april 2007 Introduction Chaos!! Chaos!! That is the only proper description one can give talking about a disaster. Organizing this disaster is the most important task when a disaster stucks a city or municipality. The responsible person(s) has to do the right things at the right moment but also has to find answers on questions such as: What kind of relief should you offer the victims? What should be done about aftercare? What about rebuilding? How do you cope with the media circus? And in more general terms: what does crisis management really consist of? In co-operation with the Council of Europe and the Dutch Section of Municipalities and Regions, the European Forum of Local and Regional Disaster Management was established in2005. The most important objectives are: - to provide an European Forum in which elected officials and public servants can get together in order to exchange experiences and dillemmas relating to disaster management at local and regional level, and give each other feedback regarding their own position and role; -to promote and facilitate education and training sessions in the area of disaster management at local and regional level. During a international conference on 18 November 2007 in Münster, several mayors and chiefs of police will exchanges their experiences they have gained when a disaster stucks their village/city. Conference Programme 09h40 – 09h45 Address of welcome by Dr. Berthold Tillman, Mayor of the City of Münster 09h45 – 10h15 Mr. Jan MANS, President of the European Forum Local and Regional Disaster Management. Backgrounds and objectives of the EFDM 10h15 – 10h45 Reinhard Vogt, Director of the Flood Protection Centre, Cologne; Communal Representative of the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine. Local flood management: Risk-communication to the community 10h45 – 11h00 General discussion 11h00 – 11h30 Coffee break 11h30 – 12h15 Mr. Volodymyr UDOVYCHENKO, Mayor of Slavutych, Ukraine. Consequences of an enormous industrial disaster. The nuclear plant of Chernobyl 12h15 – 12h30 general discussion 12h30 – 14h30 Lunch and visit of the IPOMEX, international police meeting and exhibition 14h30 – 15h00 Hans-Jürgen Hagemann, Director of the Department Danger Defence/Health; District government of Münster: Crisis management at regional level - exemplified by the snow chaos in 2005 and the FIFA World Cup 2006 15h00 – 15h15 General Discussion 15h15 – 15h45 Lord Tope, Member of the London Assembly; Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority Finance Committee; London Borough Councillor responsible for community safety. Lessons from the London Terrorist Bombings 15h45 – 16h00 general discussion 16h00 Closing words by Frans Willeme, President of the Euregio More information and a registrationform you can find on the website: halle-muensterland.de |
