Press release - Conference on Building Resilience to Natural Disasters
In the context of Romania’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Conference on Building Resilience to Natural Disasters, will take place on March 12 2019, in Bucharest.
The conference is hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations and provides a framework for debate and exchange of good practices regarding resilience to natural disasters. At the same time, the Conference aims to facilitate the identification and development of cooperation models between states in order to reduce the effects of global warming.
The agenda of the conference includes two debate sessions on building resilience to natural disasters and climate change and security and a presentation and demonstration session on the challenges in building resilience to natural disasters - the case of Romania.
The event will take place at the Palace of Parliament (Str. Izvor 2-4, entrance C1, Room Nicolae Bălcescu), in Romanian, English and Frech (simultaneous translation).
The press conference will take place in Room Nicolae Iorga.
The preliminary program of the conference is in the appendix.
ACCREDITATION
The access of journalists to the conference is allowed only based on the media accreditation available on the website of the Romanian Presidency to the Council of the European Union https://accreditation.romania2019.eu/
The deadline for accreditation is March 8, 2019.
Accreditation badges can be collected only at the Palace of Parliament - the Accreditation Center of the Palace of Parliament - the Accreditation Center of the Romanian Presidency at the EU Council, located at the S2 entrance (Bucharest, Str. Izvor 2-4),
In order to collect your accreditation badge, you need to present the accreditation approval and your ID or passport.
Program
Conference on Building Resilience to Natural Disasters
Palace of the Parliament of Romania
Room Nicolae Bălcescu
(Bucharest, 12 March 2019)
9.00-10.10 |
Official Opening (translation FR, EN, RO) Mr. Teodor Meleșcanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Mrs. Louise Mushikiwabo, Secretary General OIF Mr. Irwin LaRocque, Secretary General CARICOM Mr. Ralph John Regenvanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vanuatu Ms. Francine Baron, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Dominica Mr. Alpha Barry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso Ms. Paola Albrito, Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Regional Office for Europe |
10.10-10.30 |
Familly photo |
10.30-12.45 |
Plenary/Open debate - Best practices and lessons learned in building resilience to natural disasters Moderator: Mr. Florin Vladu, Advisor adaptation programme, UNFCCC - TBD Mr. Everly Paul Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua & Barbuda Mr. Mamadi Touré, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea Mr. Carl Greenidge, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana Ms. Darnelle Worswick, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Health, Palau Mr. Johannes Luchner, Director for Disaster Preparedness and Prevention in DG ECH, European Comission Mr. Jean-Pierre Ndoutoum, Director, Institut de la Francophonie for sustainable development |
11.00-11.30 |
Press conference of Teodor Meleșcanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania and Louise Mushikiwabo, Secretary General OIF - Room Nicolae Iorga |
14.00 - 16.00 |
Presentation and demonstration - Challenges in building resilience to natural disasters; the case of Romania Mr. Raed Arafat, Secretary of State/Head of the Department of Emergency Situations at Ministry of Internal Affairs Mrs. Tatiana Proskuryakova, World Bank, Country Manager for Romania and Hungary |
16.00-17.30 |
Plenary/Open debate - Climate Change and Security Moderator: Mr. Asif Zaidi, Senior Advisor, Crisis Management Branch, United Nations Environment Programe Mr. Abdu Razzaq Guy Kambogo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon Mr. Peter Charles David, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Grenada Mr. Mark Antony Brantley, Minister of Foreign Affairs of St Kitts and Nevis Mrs. Sarah Flood-Beaubrun, Minister with responsibility for External Affairs of Santa Lucia Ms. Mounia Boucetta, Secretary of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Marocco Ms. Paola Albrito, Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Regional Office for Europe |
17.30-18.00 |
Conclusions - Dan Neculăescu, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania |