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Risk Assessment has received paramount attention in EUSome Relevant documents and acts:
• EU guidelines on Risk Assessment• Communication on The Post 2015 Hyogo Framework for Action: Managing Risks to achieve
Resilience• …• EU Flood Directive• Council conclusions on Integrated Flood Management• …• Seveso Directive• …• EU Civil Protection Law• DECISION No 1313/2013/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17
December 2013 in a Union Civil Protection Mechanism• …• Green Paper on the insurance of natural and man-made disasters • …• Recommendations for a European approach on recording of disaster losses and EU Guidelines
(to come in Autumn this year)
As a result of the process… “Multi-hazard national risk assessments are to be produced by Member States by the end of 2015”
Risk Assessment (BLUE BOX) is just an academic exercise if not seen in the wider picture of Disaster Risk Management/Reduction (RED BOX)
Risk assessment and the Disaster Management Process
Risk Assessment is a dynamic concept
Risk is achanging beast
Risk Assessment Scales - Time
Learn from the Past
• Loss Accounting /Forensic
Improve the present
• Short term prevention and mitigation actions
Look at the future
• Long terms assessment, long term planning and investment
Risk assessment should support informed decision in order to:
Risk Assessment Scales - TimeAn example of different actions in time:
Risk Assessment Scales - space
National level
• National Risk Profiles definition• Coping capacity assessment/improvement• National DRM Policies (e.g. EWS)• Prioritization on HZDs / on Geographical areas
Province
level
• Regional development plans• Infrastructure developments
Local/
municipali
ty level
• Disaster Risk management Plans/Emergency Plans• Disaster risk reduction plans• Land use planning and regulations (zoning)
Communi
ty level
• commitment to DRR programs• awareness raising
PPRD East Phase I
Risk/Hazard assessment Management Policy for the ENPI Eastern Region + ERRA• Comparing the risk/hazard level with your neighbors (Best Practices sharing)• Prioritize more precise Risk assessments (HZD focus, Geographic Focus)• Prioritization of DRR measures at National level – policies, NDMP
PPRD East II
• Prepare Disaster Management Plans Response to disaster• Prepare Risk reduction Plans including Local planning/building
RISK ASSESMENT AT NATIONAL LEVELHAZARD ASSESSMENT AT LOCAL LEVELRISK ASSESSMENT AT LOCAL LEVEL EMERGENCY PLAN DEVELOPMENT in connection with EWS
PATROLING TRAIL WL1
PATROLING TRAIL WL2
ROADS TO BE CLOSED
GATES
POINTS OF AGGREGATION TBE
SHELTERS AND HOSTING FCILITIES
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Risk Assessment into ACTION
CONCLUSIONS
• Risk Assessment is a never ending Process• Risk Assessement must be USED for
developing DRM actions at the right scale• Planning and RT actions should be included in
a seamless Risk management context
… PPRD EAST phase I posed solid foundation in order to START an informed DRM planning
