Kick-off meeting in Athens
On the 16th and 17th of January 2024, the kick-off meeting of the project “Disaster risk management and civil resilience DRM-FRAME” was successfully conducted at KEMEA’s premises. KEMEA is the coordinator of the consortium which is composed by the following partners: University of Thessaly (GR), University of Camerino (IT), ISEM- International Security and Emergency Management Institute (SK), SYNTHESIS Center (CY) and Connect Brussels (Connect Your City – Brussels ASBL) (BE). Representatives of all partners had the chance to meet in person and discuss the implementation of the person. All the activities of the project were discussed in detail and an extensive planning was made. This meeting set the cornerstone for the initiation of the work of DRM-FRAME.
Focus groups in each partner country
With the purpose of investigating the current educational offer, needs and gaps in the field of Disaster Risk Management, the partners organized 7 Focus groups in the different DRM-FRAME project areas, engaging local stakeholders in very useful discussions that are summarized in the fundamental and basic document Focus group findings.
Questionnaires on DRM educational ecosystem
With the aim of reaching out to a wider number of stakeholders who could provide different inputs and viewpoints on the current educational offer, needs and gaps in the field of Disaster Risk Management in the partner countries, an online survey (in the form of semi-structured questionnaires) was sent to various experts and professionals in DRM. The results are presented and summarized in the document Questionnaires’ outcomes.
Desk research on DRM educational opportunities
To consolidate and provide real data on the DRM educational offer currently present in the different partner countries, a thorough analysis of Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD programs and other educational opportunities (VET and the like) has been conducted. The results are presented in the document: Educational offer in disaster management.