Strengthening resilience by offering targeted national and local scientific and practical training activities for capacity building and awareness-raising of the risks and impacts of manmade disasters

2026-07-22

Man-made disasters can cause severe damage to individuals, communities, economies, supply chains, and the environment. Moreover, they may trigger secondary disasters, aggravating initial impacts. Such type incidents in the previous decades, clearly illustrate the urgent need to tackle these hazards wiMan-made disasters can cause severe damage to individuals, communities, economies, supply chains, and the environment. Moreover, they may trigger secondary disasters, aggravating initial impacts. Such type incidents in the previous decades, clearly illustrate the urgent need to tackle these hazards within the overall frame of inclusive disaster risk management. Furthermore, the cost of disasters worldwide has risen from previous years and continues to grow due to increasing disaster risk as a result of factors such as climate crisis, rapid urbanization, and industrialization. This project will contribute to improving the management of these risks and strengthening resilience. We would like this effort to offer a targeted set of both scientific and practical activities for implementation at national and local levels contribution and to support training and capacity building and to raise awareness of the risks and impacts of man-made and natural disasters. Civil Protection Personnel face important challenges due to the complexity and incidents’ increased demands, while private sector Safety and Security Personnel face relatively same challenges in protecting the indoor estate. Under these circumstances, both Civil Protection and private sector personnel need to be able to evaluate critical issues under complex conditions and make quick and reasonable judgments based on sound scientific knowledge and former experience in order to reduce possibly occurring errors. Therefore, it is important to provide more and diverse training and seek new and improved ways to train target groups that optimize the actual task performance, while minimizing physical danger and financial cost.

Greece

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