on Strengthening Cooperation with Candidate Countries and Western Balkan Countries in the Field of Civil Protection

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1 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL ENVIRONMENT Directorate A - Communication, Legal Affairs and Civil Protection ENV. A.3 - Civil Protection Seminar on Strengthening Cooperation with Candidate Countries and Western Balkan Countries in the Field of Civil Protection February 2008 Bled, Slovenia Organized jointly by the European Commission and the Slovenian Presidency Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief The Seminar si co-financed by the European Commision

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3 PROGRAMME Sunday, 24 February 2008 Afternoon Arrival of participants to Grand Hotel Toplice and registration Welcome reception Monday, 25 February Welcome address Bogdan Benko, Director General, Directorate for European Affairs and Bilateral Political Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia Bojan Žmavc, Director General, Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief Key note speech by Pia Bucella, Director, European Commission, Cooperation with the Candidate Countries and Western Balkan countries: What is at stake? SESSION 1 CIVIL PROTECTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION Chairs: European Commission, SI Presidency Recent developments in Community cooperation in the field of Civil Protection Community Civil Protection Mechanism European Commission (Hans Das, Deputy Head of the Civil Protection Unit) Early Warning Systems and Implementation of the Single European Emergency Call Number 112 Portugal (Carlos Mendes, Portuguese National Authority for Civil Protection) Bulgaria (Stoyan Valev, Ministry of State Policy for Disasters and Accidents) Slovenia (Romana Slabe, Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief) Coffee break and group photo

4 SESSION 2 CANDIDATE COUNTRIES AND WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL PROTECTION Chairs: SI Presidency, European Commission Presentation of the main characteristics of civil protection in Candidate Countries and Western Balkans countries (questionnaire results) Slovenia (Cvetka Krajic Tomin, Synergies International Consulting) Brief presentation of national disaster management systems in the Candidate Countries, future developments, needs and possible areas for cooperation with emphasis on the EU accession process Croatia (Damir Trut, National Protection and Rescue Directorate) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Vlatko Jovanovski, Protection and Rescue Directorate; Pande Lazarevski, Crisis Management Centre) Turkey (Ahmet Hamdi Usta, General Directorate of Civil Defence, Ministry of Interior) Lunch Regional cooperation in SEE Jiri Kalasnikov (Stability Pact for SEE, Director of the Working Table III) Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative for South Eastern Europe (DPPI SEE) Recent activities and future developments Miroslav Vujanić (Head of the DPPI Secretariat) South Easter Europe Disaster Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Initiative - Reducing vulnerability to disasters Eugene Gurenko N. (World Bank, Insurance and Risk management Specialist) Paola Albrito (UN/ISDR Secretariat, UN/ISDR Europe Coordinator) Brief presentation of national disaster management systems in potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans, future developments, needs and possible areas for further cooperation Albania (Alfed Prifti, General Directory for Civil Emergencies) Bosnia and Herzegovina (Milivoje Popović, Ministry of Security of BiH) Coffee break

5 Brief presentation of national disaster management systems in potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans, future developments, needs and possible areas for further cooperation cont. Montenegro (Sandra Racković, Ministry of Interior and Public Administration) Serbia (Ivan Baras, Ministry of Interior - Protection and Rescue Sector; Branko Jovanović, Ministry of Defence, Department for Emergency Situations) Cross-border cooperation between EU Member States, Candidate Countries and Western Balkan Countries - best practices Hungary (Zóra Hlinka, National Directorate General for Disaster Management) Italy (Agostino Miozzo, Presidency of Council of Ministers - Civil Protection Department) Romania (Corina Panaitescu, General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations) Slovenia (Milena Dobnik Jeraj, Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief) Departure to dinner Dinner in Bled Castle Welcome address by Mr. Slavko Ažman, Deputy Mayor of Bled Tuesday, 26 February 2008 SESSION 3 COOPERATION AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE AMONG EU MEMBER STATES, CANDIDATE COUNTRIES AND WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES Chairs: SI Presidency, European Commission Cooperation and information exchange between EU Member States, Candidate Countries and Western Balkan countries Austria (Karin Zettelmann, Federal Ministry of the Interior) Denmark (Michael Elmquist, Danish Emergency Management Agency) Germany (Susanne Wacht, THW - Federal Agency for Technical Relief) France (Philippe Nardin, Civil Defence and Security Directorate) Slovakia (Ján Repa, Ministry of Interior - Section of Crisis Management and Civil Protection ) Sweden (Julia Fredriksson, Swedish Rescue Services Agency) Coffee break

6 SESSION 4 EU PRE ACCESSION AND ACCESSION COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE INSTRUMENTS Chair: European Commission Pre accession and accession cooperation and assistance (financial, administrative and other aspects) Patricia Pennetier (European Commission, DG Enlargement) Experiences and best practices related to the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Mirjana Balenovič Arbutina (Central Office for Development Strategy and Coordination of EU Funds, Croatia) Discussion SESSION 5 FINAL DISCUSSION Chairs: European Commission, SI Presidency Prospects and scope for future cooperation with the Candidate Countries and Western Balkan countries at the EU level Hans Das (European Commission, Deputy Head of the Civil Protection Unit) Identification of possibilities for further cooperation with the Candidate Countries and Western Balkan countries at bilateral, regional and EU levels Hans Das (European Commission, Deputy Head of the Civil Protection Unit) Branko Dervodel (Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, Deputy Director General) Lunch Afternoon Departure of participants

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8 IMPORTANT INFORMATION HOST ORGANISATION Administration of the RS for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief Vojkova cesta Ljubljana, Slovenia Presidency website on civil protection: Presidency website: CONTACT PERSONS Ms. Mateja Berglez Mobile phone: +386 (0) Mr. Borut Horvat Mobile phone: +386 (0) ACCOMMODATION AND MEETING VENUE Grand Hotel Toplice Cesta svobode Bled, Slovenia Phone: +386 (0) Fax: +386 (0) Website: OTHER INFORMATION Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport Website: Phone: +386 (0) (0) Information about ticket prices: Phone: Website: Taxi Štefan tours Bled Phone: +386 (0) Bled tours Phone: +386 (0) Bled Tourist Board Phone: +386 (0) Website: Bank opening times: Monday - Friday Post office opening times: Monday - Friday Saturdays Emergency telephone numbers Ambulance, Fire Service 112 Police 113 Road assistance