TIRANA, June 30 /ATA/ UNDP Albania joins international development partners in the round table organized by the National Civil Protection Agency on Disaster Risk Management and Civil Protection in Albania.
Enkelejd Joti, Deputy Minister of Defense appreciated the support of international partners to increase disaster preparedness in Albania and to build more stable systems.
Keynote speakers at this event were partners who support Albania in coping with the challenges Petra Burcher, Deputy Head of Mission/Head of Development Cooperation at the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Stefania Vizzaccaro, director of the Italian Agency for Development and Cooperation (AICS) in Western Balkans, Monica Merino, Permanent Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Albania (UNDP) and Denny Robertson, acting director of the US Agency for International Development USAID/Albania.
This round table is very important for the steps that will be taken further for the implementation of strategic documents such as the National Risk Assessment and the National Strategy of the ZRRF together with its Action Plan, basic documents for civil protection in Albania. Meanwhile, work is ongoing to draft the National Civil Emergencies Plan, supported by the UNDP project.
UNDP and other international partners expressed their willingness to strengthen cooperation and coordination between all actors. This cooperation partnership comes in the follow-up to the efforts of the Albanian government to meet the highest standards as a full member of the European Civil Protection Mechanism and the objectives set by the Sendai framework.
Today’s roundtable is supported by the UNDP RESEAL project, which is financed by the Swedish and Portuguese governments and is supporting the Albanian government in strengthening the entire Civil Protection system at the national and local level through cooperation with the National Civil Protection Agency.
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