The fourth “Crisis and Emergency Management Forum 2014” on February (25th) in “Abu Dhabi”

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.