WildFire Preparedness - Empowering Population Improve Resilience and Funding Opportunities

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Wildfires are an increasingly recurrent and destructive threat across Europe, particularly in the Mediterranean region, where climate change is driving longer fire seasons, extreme heatwaves, and unprecedented disaster impacts. These crises not only devastate ecosystems but also endanger communities, highlighting the urgent need to strengthen population preparedness as a cornerstone of integrated wildfire management. Under the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the WildFirePrepEU workshop will focus on empowering citizens and communities to better withstand and respond to wildfire emergencies. The workshop will bring together stakeholders from Member and Participating States to exchange experiences, identify best practices, and propose actionable recommendations that align with the EU Preparedness Strategy and the Presidency Trio (Poland, Denmark, Cyprus) priorities. The program will begin with a pre-event questionnaire to capture participants perspectives. During the event, findings will be presented alongside expert inputs, followed by structured discussions in three thematic working groups.