Regional Office for Europe

France developing 'culture of risk prevention'

Speaking at France’s first-ever conference on hazards, the UN disaster risk reduction chief, Margareta Wahlström, yesterday commended the French government for its efforts to implement disaster risk reduction nationally, saying that the country could be a model for others in Europe.

European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR)

The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction serves as forum for exchanges at the regional level. The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction facilitates discussion and advances on disaster risk reduction issues in a coordinated fashion at the regional level.

The 2nd meeting of the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) was held in Skopje, 10-12 October 2011.

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UNISDR Europe will work through a growing network of national platforms to mobilize governmental actions in disaster risk reduction as well as directly with the governments in the region, as mandated though the HFA, and in particular with the UN Country Team members.