Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative for South Eastern Europe (DPPI-SEE) gathered on November 17-18 under sponsorship of Republic of T\u00fcrkiye Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) in order to contribute to 2016 Disaster Management Training Program. The symposium entitled \u201cSafe School\u201d Disaster Risk Mitigation Discussion Platform was organized to ensure mutual exchange of information and selection of best practices in the countries, and the following issues were handled:<\/p>\n
– to develop a better understanding within the meaning of mitigation of disaster risks under \u201cSafe School\u201d,<\/p>\n
– role and interoperability of education and teaching authorities and disaster and emergency management institutions of the countries in connection with disas-ter risk mitigation activities in a safe environment (school).<\/p>\n
The events also included \u201cSchool Disaster Preparedness and Retrofitting Works\u201d performed by the Ministry of National Education and \u201cISMEP Project\u201d and works relating to \u201cUse of Seismic Isolators in Buildings\u201d performed by IPCU.<\/p>\n
Deputy Director Fikret Az\u0131l\u0131 and Senior Civil Engineer Yunus U\u00e7ar from IPCU participated in the symposium where works performed under ISMEP project received great attention. As a result of efforts intended for preparedness against a possible earthquake expected to hit Istanbul, 1059 school buildings were retrofitted or reconstructed. These works and disaster emergency plans performed in schools ensured Turkey\u2019s being shown as the \u201cLeader Country\u201d in the School Safety Program implemented by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).<\/p>\n
What is DDPI? <\/strong><\/p>\n Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative (DPPI) for the South Eastern Europe, established in 2000 for disaster preparedness, prevention and a harmonious regional strategy in the South Eastern Europe, lays a basis for its member countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Turkey) to create a common framework by organizing programs relating to measures and damage reduction activities against natural and human related disasters on the basis of Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) and Sendai Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) targets. Under the DPPI, the member countries organize miscellaneous disaster-related events every year to contribute to their countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative for South Eastern Europe (DPPI-SEE) gathered on November 17-18 under sponsorship of Republic of T\u00fcrkiye Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) in order to contribute to 2016 Disaster Management Training Program. The symposium entitled \u201cSafe School\u201d Disaster Risk Mitigation Discussion Platform was organized to ensure mutual exchange of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n