Under the patronage
of His Highness Sheikh “Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan”, National Security Advisor
and Deputy Chairman of “Abu Dhabi” Executive Council the fourth “Emergency and
Crisis Management Forum 2014” will commence on Tuesday (25/2/2014) hosted by the
“National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority”, under the theme
“Preparedness and Response, Responsibility of all: a vigilant community”.
The Forum since its
first session in (2008), achieved high ranks of interest at the regional and
international levels, the new session of the Forum to be held in “Abu Dhabi”
over two days, will translate the vision and goals of the Authority to enhance
risk management and response and establish requirements to ensure business
continuity and rapid recovery from any emergency or crisis or disaster. It also
seeks to improve crisis, emergency and disaster management in the UAE, the “Gulf
Region" and the “Middle East", and to enable participants to learn
about experiences in depth, as the Forum acts like a platform to exchange views
of elite international specialists of emergency management and are those interested
in the region.
The forum will discuss
many topics in its five work sessions; “Preventive Forecasting and not Improvised
Reactions", "Media and crisis and disaster management", "Community
as First Responder", "Risk Management", and "Extreme
Climates and Natural Disasters".
Participating in the sessions are experts from
the UAE, GCC, from other Arab countries, "Australia", the "USA",
the "United Kingdom", "Italy", "Japan" and the
"United Nations". Sheikh “Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan”, Minister of
Culture, Youth and Community Development, will deliver the keynote speech on
the second day of the Forum, “Mohammed Khalfan Al Rumaithi”, Director General
of the “National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority” will give
the welcoming speech on the opening day, also speeches by Dr. “Nabil Al Arabi”, Secretary General
of the “Arab League”, Antonio
Guterres”, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, His Excellency “Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al
Mazrouei”, Minister of Energy, will be delivered. Dr. “Khalid Saleh Al Bloushi”
Head of the “Geology Department” at the “UAE University” will participate in
the "Extreme weather and natural
disasters" session.
“Nasser Al Yamahi”
Director of the "Department of Public
Information and Mass Communication" in the in the Authority stressed that
we need to ensure the spread of the culture of crisis and emergency management
in the community and public and private institutions, especial to students,
faculty, staff members and workers in education for the security and safety of
the educational sector during emergencies and crises.
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