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MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON
29th May 01st JUNE 2012
ORGANIZED
BY
Fire Safety and Civil Protection College
of Latvia
Meetings & Accommodation were held at
Baltic Beach Hotel
Jurmala
Latvia
2012
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DELEGATES AND REPRESENTATIVES
ANDORRA Xavier NUEZ SILVA (Trainer)
Department de Prevenció i Extinció d’Incendis i Salvament – DEPEIS
Jaume SANCHEZ (Trainer)
Department de Prevenció i Extinció d’Incendis i Salvament – DEPEIS
AUSTRIA Hubert SCHAUMBERGER (Director)
ÖBFV : (Österreichischer Bundesfeuerwehrverband)
Oö. Landes-Feuerwehrschule
Josef BADER
ÖBFV : (Österreichischer Bundesfeuerwehrverband)
Oö. Wien
REPUBLIC
OF BELARUS Ivan PALEVODA (Director)
Institute for Command Engineers, Ministry for Emergency Situations of
the Republic of Belarus
Aliksandr IVANITSKI (Deputy Director)
Institute for Command Engineers, Ministry for Emergency Situations of
the Republic of Belarus
BELGIUM Ivo DEVIJVER
SIAMU Brussels
Christiaan ROËTS (Chief of Personnel Training)
Federal Public Service Home Affairs, General Directorate for Civil
Protection of Belgium
BULGARIA Georgi KOEV BOTEV (Dean)
Faculty of Fire Safety and Civil Protection at the Academy of Ministry of
Interior in Bulgaria
Stoyana STAVREVA FERDOVA
Faculty of Fire Safety and Civil Protection at the Academy of Ministry of
Interior in Bulgaria
CZECH
REPUBLIC Radim PALOCH (Director)
Fire Rescue Service College
Vojtěch VRANAY (Lecturer/EFSCA Treasurer)
Fire Rescue Service College
ESTONIA Margus MÖLDRI (Director)
Rescue College of Public Service Academy of Estonia
Janek LASS
Rescue College of Public Service Academy of Estonia
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Kairi PRUUL
Rescue College of Public Service Academy of Estonia
FINLAND Mervi PARVIAINEN (Director)
Pelastvsopisto Emergency Service College
FRANCE Eric DUVERGER (Head of Department)
Prospective & Développement Department
École Nationale Supérieure des Officiers de Sapeurs-Pompiers (ENSOSP)
GERMANY Martin SEELAND (Deputy Head Technical Operations)
Hamburg Fire Department / Teacher at Hamburg Fire Service Academy
(Feuerwehr Akademie Hamburg)
Carl-Werner SCMIDT (Head of the School)
Fire Service and Civil Defense School of the State of Rheinland-Pfalz
HUNGARY Antal PAPP (Director)
Hungarian Disaster Management Training Centre, Ministry of Interior
Agnes BALAZS (English Teacher)
Hungarian Disaster Management Training Centre, Ministry of Interior
LATVIA Ainar PENCIS (Director)
Fire Safety and Civil Protection College
Iveta VORZA (Head of Applied Research Unit)
Fire Safety and Civil Protection College
LITHUANIA Valdas KRULIKAUSKAS (Chief of the School)
Firefighters Training School of Fire and Rescue Department under the
Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
Vaida JASENAITE (Person in charge for International Relations)
Firefighters Training School of Fire and Rescue Department under the
Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
NETHERLANDS Wim BECKMANN (Manager/EFSCA President)
Netherlands Institute for Safety – NIFV, Fire Service Academy
Ricardo WEEWER (Professor)
Netherlands Institute for Safety – NIFV, Fire Service Academy
POLAND Jerzy WOLANIN (Deputy Rector - Research)
The Main School of Fire Service
Tomasz ZWEGLINSKI (Head of International Co-operation
Department)
The Main School of Fire Service
ROMANIA Florin NEACŞA (Dean)
Police Academy “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Fire Officers Faculty
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Ionel-Alin MOCIOI (University Lecturer, International Relations
Manager/EFSCA Secretary)
Police Academy “Alexandru Ioan Cuza”, Fire Officers Faculty
SLOVENIA Marco ZIBELNIK (Training Instructor)
Training Centre for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief
Andrej BIAGGIO (Training Instructor)
Training Centre for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief
SPAIN Maria Rosa CALVO I SANTOS (Head of Specialized Training
Department)
Escola de Bombers, Institut de Seguretat Publica de Catalunya
Firefighters School, Institute for Public Safety of Catalonia
Gerard NEWELL (Researcher)
Escola de Bombers, Institut de Seguretat Publica de Catalunya
Firefighters School, Institute for Public Safety of Catalonia
UKRAINE Taras RAK (Head of Department – lecturer)
Lviv State University of Life Safety
Oleksandr SVYATKEVYCH (Trainer)
Lviv State University of Life Safety
UNITED
KINGDOM Stephen COPLEY (Business Development Director)
Fire Service College Moreton-in-Marsh
LECTURERS
1. Christiaan ROËTS (Chief of Personnel Training) – Federal Public Service Home Affairs,
General Directorate for Civil Protection of Belgium
2. Ricardo WEEWER (Professor) – Netherlands Institute for Safety – NIFV, Fire Service
Academy
3. Valdas KRULIKAUSKAS (Chief of the School) – Firefighters Training School of Fire
and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
4. Martin SEELAND (Deputy Head Technical Operations) – Hamburg Fire Department /
Teacher at Hamburg Fire Service Academy (Feuerwehr Akademie Hamburg)
5. Margus MÖLDRI (Director) – Rescue College of Public Service Academy of Estonia
6. Aleksandrs STRODS – Lecturer at Fire Safety and Civil Protection College
7. V. JEMELJANOVS – Professor of Riga Technical University
8. J. Bartusauskis – Lecturer of Riga Technical University
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1 The Program of the 2012 Annual Meeting – International Conference “Education System for all Types of Specialists of Governmental and Private Fire Fighters and Rescue Services” & General Assembly, Fire Safety and Civil Protection College of Latvia, 29th May-01st June 2012
Baltic Beach Hotel, Jurmala, Latvia
Tuesday, 29th May, 2012
TIME ACTIVITY NOTES
Arrival and accommodation in hotel „Baltic Beach
Hotel” in Jurmala.
19.00 Board meeting.
20.20 Meeting in hotel „Baltic Beach Hotel” reception.
20.30 Dinner at the restaurant of hotel. Dress-code: casual.
Wednesday, 30th May, 2012
TIME ACTIVITY NOTES
Breakfast at the hotel.
08.30 Receipt and registration of the guests.
Dress-code:
uniform/smart.
09.00 Opening of Conference.
Flag raising/group photo.
Welcome speeches:
Mr. R. Kozlovskis, Minister of the Interior
Mr. I.Zitāns, Deputy Chief of State Fire and Rescue
Service of Latvia
Mr. A.Pencis, Director of Fire Safety and Civil
Protection College of Latvia
Mr. Wim Beckmann, EFSCA President
10.00 Presentation: “Reform of vocational training of fire
fighters in Belgium”, Mr. Ch.Roets, Chief of
Personnel Training of Federal Public Service Home
Affairs General Directorate for Civil Protection of
Belgium
10.30 Presentation: “Sharing results of research in Fire
Service Science”, Mr. R. Weewer, Professor of Fire
Service Science of Fire Service Academy of the
Netherlands
11.00 Coffee break.
11.30 Presentation: "Education system for all types of
specialists of governmental and private fire
fighters and rescue services in Lithuania", Mr. V.
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Krulikauskas, the Chief of Fire Fighters Training
School of Lithuania
12.00 Presentation: “e-learning at the Hamburg Fire
Department”, Mr. M.Seeland, Deputy Head of
Technical Operations of Hamburg Fire Department
12.30 Lunch in the restaurant of hotel.
13.30 Information on workshop organization.
14.00 End of the program.
14.15 Departure from the hotel. Dress-code: smart.
16.00 Arrival to Rundale palace and excursion in Rundale
palace.
18.00 Dinner in the restaurant of Rundale palace.
20.30 Return to hotel.
22.30 Arrival at hotel.
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
TIME ACTIVITY NOTES
Breakfast at the hotel.
09.00
Presentation: “The system of qualifications in
Estonian Rescue education”, Mr. M. Mőldri,
Director of Rescue College of Public Service
Academy of Estonia
Dress-code:
smart/uniform.
09.30
Presentation: “Education system of fire safety and
civil protection specialists for governmental fire
fighting and rescue service in Latvia”, Mr.
A.Strods, lecturer of Fire Safety and Civil Protection
College of Latvia
10.00
Presentation: “Education system of Fire safety,
Civil Protection and Labour Safety specialists in
Riga Technical University”, Mr. V.Jemeļjanovs,
Professor of Riga Technical University, Mr.
J.Bartušauskis, lecturer of Riga Technical University
10.30 Coffee break.
11.00 Workshop.
12.30 Presentation of results of workshop.
13.00 Lunch in the restaurant of hotel.
14.00
General Assembly
- President’s Report
- Secretary’s Report
- Treasurer’s Report
- Election of new EFSCA Treasurer
- Other issues (new members, presentations /changes
in Constitution)
- Presentation of Belarus as the next EFSCA annual
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meeting organizer
- Awarding medals
- Passing of the EFSCA flag to Belarus
- Closing of the General Assembly by the President
15.30 Free time. Dress-code: casual
16.00 Departure to Riga (Fire Museum).
16.30 Excursion to Fire Museum/ Board meeting
18.00 Excursion to Old Riga.
19.00 Departure from Old Riga.
19.30 Dinner in restaurant “Lido”. Dress-code: casual.
Friday, 1st June, 2012
TIME ACTIVITY NOTES
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Departure according to the schedule.
2 Opening of the Annual Meeting & Conference Program Presentation 30th May 2012, Jurmala, Latvia 09:00 – 10:00
All members participating to the 2012 EFSCA annual meeting joined together for a group
photo of all participants to the annual meeting of EFSCA. The event took place inside of the
Baltic Beach Hotel from Jurmala. Because of bad weather conditions the moment of rising the
EFSCA flag was skipped and the group photo has been made inside the hotel.
Then, all delegates were invited to enter in the conference room for welcome speeches and
to start of the 2012 Conference works.
Welcome speeches of the annual meeting from Latvia, in 2012
1st Speech – Mr. R. Kozlovskis, Minister of the Interior of Latvian Government
2nd Speech – Mr. I.Zitāns, Deputy Chief of State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia
3rd Speech – Mr. A.Pencis, Director of Fire Safety and Civil Protection College of Latvia
4th Speech – Mr. Wim Beckmann, The President of the EFSCA
Wednesday, 30th May 2012
1st Session – 10:00-11:00
10:00 - 10:30 1st Presentation: “Reform of vocational training of fire fighters in
Belgium”, Mr. Ch.Roets, Chief of Personnel Training of Federal Public
Service Home Affairs General Directorate for Civil Protection of Belgium.
10:30 - 11:00 2nd Presentation: “Sharing results of research in Fire Service Science”,
Mr. R. Weewer, Professor of Fire Service Science of Fire Service
Academy of the Netherlands.
2nd Session – 11:30-12:30
11:30 - 12:00 3rd Presentation: “Education system for all types of specialists of
governmental and private fire fighters and rescue services in Lithuania”,
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Mr. V. Krulikauskas, the Chief of Fire Fighters Training School of
Lithuania.
12:00 - 12:30 4th Presentation: “e-learning at the Hamburg Fire Department”, Mr.
M.Seeland, Deputy Head of Technical Operations of Hamburg Fire
Department.
Thursday, 31st June 2012
3rd Session – 09:00-10:30
09:00 - 09:30 1st Presentation: “The system of qualifications in Estonian Rescue
education”, Mr. M. Mőldri, Director of Rescue College of Public Service
Academy of Estonia.
09:30 - 10:00 2nd Presentation: “Education system of fire safety and civil protection
specialists for governmental fire fighting and rescue service in Latvia”,
Mr. A.Strods, lecturer of Fire Safety and Civil Protection College of
Latvia.
10:00 - 10:30 3rd Presentation: “Education system of Fire safety, Civil Protection and
Labour Safety specialists in Riga Technical University”, Mr.
V.Jemeļjanovs, Professor of Riga Technical University and Mr.
J.Bartušauskis, lecturer of Riga Technical University.
All presentations are uploaded on the EFSCA website.
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3.1 The 1st Session of the Conference 30th June 2012, 10:00 – 11:00
1st Presentation
“Reform of vocational training of fire fighters in Belgium”, Mr. Ch. Röets, Chief of
Personnel Training of Federal Public Service Home Affairs General Directorate for Civil
Protection of Belgium
“Belgium is a small country but very complicated!” – Christian Röets
www.KCCE.be
First training program to become officer.
Questions:
- Wim Beckmann, The Netherlands: What is the limit for costs?
Answer: We didn’t thought yet on the costs. We tried to build an ideal program. We have
a very strong intention from the Government. The costs 3 years ago – 2 million Euros and
nowadays, 8,5 million Euros. So, we have to find who’s wasting the budget.
- Mr. Ivo Devijver, Belgium: ?
Answer:
2nd Presentation
“Sharing results of research in Fire Service Science”, Mr. R. Weewer, Professor of
Fire Service Science of Fire Service Academy of the Netherlands
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435 municipalities, 16 million people, 30 000 firefighters
Questions:
- Mr. Tomazs ZWEGLINSKI:
“…?”
Answer: ....
- Mr. Jozsef BADER:
“…?”
Answer: ....
- Mr. Ivo Devijver & Christian Röets:
“…?”
Answer: ....
3.2 The 2nd Session of the Conference 30th June 2012, 11:30 – 12:30
3rd Presentation
“Education system for all types of specialists of governmental and private fire
fighters and rescue services in Lithuania”, Mr. V. Krulikauskas, the Chief of Fire Fighters
Training School of Lithuania
900 officers trained in 2012
Questions:
- Christian Roëts, Belgium:
Q1. “All these officers will work in the fire service?”
Answer: Yes.
Q2. “State firefighters and municipality firefighters officers are trained?”
Answer: All firefighters in Lithuania are paid by the fire service Department.
- Ivo DEVIJVER, Belgium:
“...?”
Answer: ….
4th Presentation
“e-learning at the Hamburg Fire Department”, Mr. M.Seeland, Deputy Head of
Technical Operations of Hamburg Fire Department
Questions:
- Christian Roëts, Belgium:
Q1. “…Tests…?”
Answer: ….
Q2. “…?”
Answer: ….
- Tomasz ZWEGLINSKI
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Q1. “…?”
Answer: ….
Q2. “…?”
Answer: ….
- Vojtech VRANAY
Q1. “…?”
Answer: ….
Q2. “…?”
Answer: ….
3.3 The 3rd Session of the Conference 31st May 2012, 09:00 – 10:30
5th Presentation
“The system of qualifications in Estonian Rescue education”, Mr. M. Mőldri,
Director of Rescue College of Public Service Academy of Estonia
Questions:
- Ricardo Weewer, Netherlands:
Q1. “Full time service…?”
Answer: ….
Q2. “…?”
Answer: ….
6th Presentation
“Education system of fire safety and civil protection specialists for governmental
fire fighting and rescue service in Latvia”, Mr. A.Strods, lecturer of Fire Safety and Civil
Protection College of Latvia
Questions:
- Josef BADER, Austria:
Q1. “Education of volunteers…?”
Answer: I don’t think that is possible to train volunteers.
Q2. “It is possible, for volunteers to be trained at this high level?”
Answer: ….
7th Presentation:
“Education system of Fire safety, Civil Protection and Labour Safety specialists in
Riga Technical University”, Mr. V.Jemeļjanovs, Professor of Riga Technical University,
Mr. J.Bartušauskis, lecturer of Riga Technical University
Questions:
- Valdas KRULIKAUSKAS:
“How you organize the practical training for the graduates who will work in the fire
service?”
Answer: Agreements with State Fire Service to organize these practice and to use
their facilities. Usually, those students are working in the State Fire Service and they have no
problems with it.
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- Tomasz ZWEGLINSKI
“The staff providing the master degree courses/scientists to give master courses – number
of professors, lecturers etc. What kind of scientists do you have?”
Answer: We have PhDs in fire engineering, doctors in economics, professors that
worked in the State Fire Service.
-Ricardo Weewer, Netherlands:
Q1. “…?”
Answer: ….
Q2. “Do you publish in English your studies and researches?”
Answer: Yes, we publish in English. Last years we published in English in a
Finland Conference.
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4 WORKSHOP:
Mr. Wim Beckmann, the President of EFSCA, presented the purpose and the objectives
of the Workshop and, also, how the work groups will be organized.
Workshop Organization
4 Groups
Organization
1st Workshop Questions:
What themes are actual in your country, on what domain are there interesting innovations/ new
developments? (Short description)
On what domain/ on what theme in your country are there any needs? What would help you?
Examples: comparing training methods – comparing used protocols-used techniques for fire,
tunnel, HAZMATs-organization of educational system-costs and figures-demands for volunteers
etc.
2nd Workshop Questions
On what domain/ theme do you think is your country expert/ ahead? (short description)?
Are there themes/ domains that are very urgent, should have priority, according to the hole
group? (Explain!)
Based on the results of last year working groups we have inventoried 6 Major Subjects that were
most popular:
Educational Program and Structure (EPS);
Education for Specialists (ES);
Methods/Forms of Education & its Evaluation (M/F EE);
Guides & Procedures (G&R);
Innovation, Research and Development (IR&D);
Education in Fire Prevention (EFP).
Working Groups
BASED ON ANSWERS – 1ST CHOICE & 2nd CHOICE
•1. Educational Program and Structure
1st
Mr. Ivo De Vijver (Belgium)
Mr. Radim Paloch & Mr. Vojtech Vranay (Czech Republic)
Mr. Jerzy Wolanin & Mr. Tomasz Zweglinski
Mr. Georgi Botev & Ms. Stoyana Stavreva Ferdova (Bulgaria)
2nd
Mr. Florin Neacşa & Mr. Alin Mocioi (Romania)
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•2. Education for Specialists
1st
Mr. Valdas Krulikauskas & Ms. Vaida Jasenaite (Lithuania)
Mr. Hugo Schaumberger & Mr. Josef Bader (Austria)
Mr. Antal Papp & Mr. Agnes Balasz (Hungary)
2nd
Mr. Radim Paloch & Mr. Vojtech Vranay (Czech Republic)
Mr. Georgi Botev & Ms. Stoyana Stavreva Ferdova (Bulgaria)
Mr. Eric Duverger (France)
•3. Methods/Forms of Education & its Evaluation
1st
Mr. Christian Röets (Belgium)
Mr. Radim Paloch & Mr. Vojtech Vranay (Czech Republic)
Mr. Rak Taras & Mr. Olexandr Svyatkevitch (Ukraine)
2nd
Mr. Valdas Krulikauskas & Ms. Vaida Jasenaite (Lithuania)
Mr. Ivan Palevoda & Mr. Alixandr Ivanitski (Belarus)
Mr. Jerzy Wolanin & Mr. Tomasz Zweglinski
Mr. Hugo Schaumberger & Mr. Josef Bader (Austria)
•4. Guides & Procedures
1st
Mr. Florin Neacşa & Alin Mocioi (Romania)
2nd
Mr. Christian Röets (Belgium)
•5. Innovation, Research and Development (R&D)
1st
Mr. Ivan Palevoda & Mr. Alixandr Ivanitski (Belarus)
Mr. Ricardo Weewer (Netherlands)
Mr. Eric Duverger (France)
Ms. Maria Rosa Calvo & Mr. Gerard Newell (Spain - Catalunya)
2nd
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Mr. Ricardo Weewer (Netherlands)
Mr. Radim Paloch & Mr. Vojtech Vranay (Czech Republic)
Mr. Rak Taras & Olexandr Svyatkevitch (Ukraine)
•6. Education in Fire Prevention
1st
---
2nd
Mr. Ivo De Vijver (Belgium)
Ms. Maria Rosa Calvo & Mr. Gerard Newell (Spain - Catalunya)
New Subject Proposal
Mr. Prof. J. Wolanin - Poland proposes to add a new subject: Risk Assessment
1st action of the Groups
The exact goals:
exact theme and subtheme’s and defining outcome:
Publication,
product that will be developed,
research that should be done,
guidance that will be made etc.
The way:
Work sessions or/and
Virtual offices and/or
Seminars and/or
Time path
The team:
Participants
Process controller
Special needs or partners from outside the EFSCA
RESULTS OF WORKING GROUPS
GROUP 1
GROUP members :
UK
Romania
Belgium – Ivo De Vijver
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Estonia – Margus Moldri
Slovenia – Marko Zibelnik
Poland
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Main Objective
Common and Consistent Fire-fighters High Education Standard
1st Goal
How is education organised in each of our educational organisations? How this relates to
our individual Fire and Rescue Services?
2nd Goal
According to EQF to identify the competencies given by our educational organisations
Skills and Competences needed
Knowledge gained/learning outcomes achieved in our educational organisations to
support the role
3rd Goal
EU funding
Stream
Continuous development
Common & consistent standards of higher operational levels
Group organisation
We established an internal network inside our group
We established a group manager
GROUP 2
Participating countries: Hungary,
Austria,
Lithuania
The exact theme Voluntary fire fighters’ training system vs not voluntary fire fighters
Outcomes expected:
- A presentation (based on the information received from other counties);
- Team members’ visit to Austria which has voluntary fire fighters’ training system’s
practice.
- The good practice exchange programme for the countries interested in voluntary system.
The way Some questions will be sent to colleagues;
The conclusions will be made based on the answers from and visits to the other countries.
The team Process controllers:
Hungary, Austria, Lithuania
Participants: all EFSCA members
GROUP 2 - Results
GROUP 4 - I&R&D workgroup
France, Germany, Belarus, Ukraine, Spain, Andorra, Estonia, Netherlands, Latvia
1st STEP - INVENTORY
Platform for every workgroup on EFSCA site
Limited access (for EFSCA members)
Forum
Possibility to upload/download
English abstracts on published works
Themes of interests
How is the R&D organized in our countries?
2nd STEP - CATEGORIZE
All different publications and research should be categorized
3rd STEP - COOPERATION
Propose the subjects for the EU to get the money for innovation/research
Work on projects in the Wiki?
Collective research
EFSCA Workshop Working Groups Summary
Group 1
Educational Programm and Structure / EPS
UK
Romania
Belgium – Ivo DeVijver
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Estonia – Margus Möldri
Slovenia – Marko Zibelnik
Poland
Group 2
Education for Specialists / ES - Training for Volunteers of Fire Service
Hungary
Austria – Mr. Hugo Schaumberger
Lithuania
Group 3
Methods/Forms of Education & its Evaluation / M/FEE
Ukraine – ? (Mr. Taras Rack, maybe – not sure)
Finland
Belgium – Mr. Christian Röets
Austria – Mr. Josef Bader
Germany – ? (Martin Seeland, maybe – not sure)
Group 4
Innovation, Research and Development /IR&D
France
Germany - ? (Carl-Werner Schmidt, maybe – not sure)
Belarus
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Ukraine – ? (Mr. Oleksandr Svyatkevych, maybe – not sure)
Spain – Catalunya
Andorra
Estonia – Mr. Janek Lass, Ms. Kairi Pruul
Netherlands
Latvia
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5 THE 2012 EFSCA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Schedule of the G.A. 09th June 2011:
- Layout of the program – Secretary of EFSCA
- President report
- Secretary report
- Treasurer report
- EFSCA Treasurer Election
- Other issues / Discussions
- Presentations of Republic of Belarus for the next annual meeting of EFSCA, in 2013
- Awarding medals
- Passing the to the 2013 host country delegates – Belarus
- Closing the General Assembly by the President of EFSCA
President Report
Secretary Report
4 Board Meetings since the last annual meeting, in Andorra la Vella, Andorra –
Departament de Prevencio i Extincio d’Incendis i Salvament - DEPEIS :
o 09th June 2011 – DEPEIS, Andorra
Place: Hotel Mola Park, Andorra la Vella
o 01st December 2011 – Fire Safety and Civil Protection College – FSCPC,
Latvia
Place: Fire Museum Riga
o 14th February 2012 – Fire Safety and Civil Protection College – FSCPC,
Latvia
Place: Fire Museum Riga
o 29th May 2012 – Fire Safety and Civil Protection College – FSCPC,
Latvia
Place: Baltic Beach Hotel Jurmala
Issues about the EFSCA Conference and General Assembly organization, in 2012,
in Latvia by the FSCPC:
o The Subject of the Conference in Latvia
o Time schedule for the Board meetings in the fall 2011 and winter 2012
and of the 2012 annual meeting
o The Hotel choice for the 2012 EFSCA annual meeting
o Discussion of proposed Agenda and premises for 2012 Conference and
General Assembly
o Persons to be invited as speakers
Cultural and Social Program included in the EFSCA 2012 annual meeting Agenda
Financial support of EFSCA for the 2012 organizers
Elections for the new Treasurer of EFSCA
How to improve the EFSCA activity and how to raise the dynamism of our
association:
The main subjects/themes for the working groups
Workshop organization
Organization of working groups in the frames of the Conference 2012
Travel costs to be supported by EFSCA Budget for the members of the Board
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Maintain the financial support of EFSCA for the organizers of annual meetings to
70 % (FSCPC)
Medals Awarding
Contact of the Italian Institute, member of EFSCA
EFSCA website
Treasurer Report
1. Collection of annual subscriptions from membership
2. EFSCA Accounts
Income
Expenditure
3. Comments
1. Collection of annual subscriptions from membership
• 31 invoices
26 October 2011
• 31 member countries of EFSCA paid
• Total income :
14.907,43 EUR (30 countries)
500,-- outstanding
• Other incomes: 1.491,34
• Bank charges: 47,90 EUR
• Cheque drafts: 1.130,-- EUR
• Financial support 9.356,-- EUR
2. EFSCA Accounts: Income & Expenditure
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• EUR account balance :
• 52.471,10 (to 26 April 2012)
• 380,-- EUR in cash at the secretariat, treasury
• GBP account balance: 0,--
• Financial support for the hosting country
70%
10.785,-- EUR
• Payment by cheque
New address – where to send it
Next seminar 2012 short presentation – Fire Safety and Civil Protection College,
Riga, Latvia
Mr. Ivan Palevoda presented the Institute for Command Engineers of the Ministry for
Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus (ICE) from Minsk, Belarus and the options for
the subject of the 28th May – 31th May, 2013, Minsk, Belarus Conference of EFSCA -
Standards and Technologies for firefighters and rescue services specialists training. Also, the
Belarus delegation presented the Program for 2013 annual meeting of EFSCA, a presentation
movie of ICE and details about EFSCA Certificates designed by them and how to obtain visas
for Belarus.
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Handover of medals
3 Gold Medals
1. A Gold Medal to Mr. Jordi Farre Cannelles, Deputy Director of Departament de
Prevencio i Extincio d'Incendis i Salvament of Principat d'Andorra, in reward for his
work as coordinator of the organization of the EFSCA General meeting, in Andorra la
Vella, Andorra, in 2011 and for his work as Vicepresident and Chairman of EFSCA,
from 2010 to 2012.
2. A Gold Medal to Mr. Ainars Pencis – Director of the Fire Safety and Civil Protection
College of Latvia (FSCPC), in reward for his work as coordinator of the organization of
the EFSCA General meeting, in Jurmala(near Riga), Latvia, 2012.
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2 Silver Medals
1. A Silver Medal to Mr. Pere de la Torre, in reward for his work as organizer of the
EFSCA General meeting, in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, in 2011.
2. A Silver Medal to Ms. Iveta Vorza, Head of Applied Research Unit and International
Cooperation Officer of the Fire Safety and Civil Protection College of Latvia (FSCPC),
in reward for his work as organizer of the EFSCA General meeting, in Jurmala (near
Riga), Latvia, in 2012.
Balance of awarded Medals & Pins 09.06.2012
Gold Medals – 10
Silver Medals – 10
Pins – 73
Passing the EFSCA flag to Latvian delegation
The passed the EFSCA Latvian delegation, composed of Mr. Eriks Stankevics, Deputy
Director of the Fire Safety and Civil Protection College and Ms. Iveta Vorza, Head of Applied
Research Unit, in the same college passed the EFSCA flag to the Chief of Belarus delegation,
The Director of ICE, Mr. Ivan Palevoda.
Closing Speech of the General Assembly
Before closing the General Assembly, the EFSCA President thanked to everyone for the
participation. He, also, under-lined the important work made by the organizers and the EFSCA
Board and thanked to the Latvian delegation, composed of Mr. Eriks Stankevics, Deputy
Director of the Fire Safety and Civil Protection College and Ms. Iveta Vorza, Head of Applied
Research Unit. Then, he wished to all members to have a good trip back home!
Mr. Wim Beckmann, the EFSCA President closed the General Assembly and the annual
meeting in Jurmala, Latvia.
Ionel-Alin MOCIOI
EFSCA Secretary
Approved
Minsk, BELARUS
30.11.2012
