On February 26th an 27th the Johanniter-Academy Central Germany was host of the Workshop „Education in Civil Protection“ in Leipzig. The participants came from a mixed background out of reseach / science and aid organisations in Germany and Austria. Speakers and Attendees from German and Austrian Red Cross, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe, Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund, Cologne University of Applied Sciences […]
The KFS took part in the SIKOMI milestone and the subsequent practical workshop on the 27th and 28th of February 2020. In addition to the presentation of the project goals achieved so far, practical experiences were shared. Furthermore knowledge management system requirements were discussed from an end user perspective. The participation is part of the […]
The German translation of the new SPHERE handbook was presented in Berlin on February 19, 2020. The associated partner ASB was represented with its own panel contribution on the application of the SPHERE standards in civil protection, especially during the refugee situation in 2015/16. The refugee situation in 2015/16 played an important role for the […]
On February 17, 2020, the Disaster Research Unit (DRU) at the Freie Universität Berlin invited various actors in international disaster relief to discuss existing anticipatory approaches for displacement/migration and disasters. The workshop brought together representatives from the forecast-based financing section of the German Red Cross, UN OCHA, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the Danish Refugee […]