CMDR COE Annual Conference 2019

Date: (05-06-2019)
Location: Sofia
Duration: 2

The Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (CMDR COE) will host its 7^th Annual Interagency Interaction in Crisis Management and Disaster Response Conference on 5 - 6 JUN 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The CMDR COE Annual Conference serves as a platform for information and knowledge exchange and promotes coordination of actions among key stakeholders, both military and civilian, in the CMDR domain. Each year the event addresses specific issues from the latter domain and gathers experts from across NATO Allied and Partner countries.

The 2019 Conference will encompass three panels on the following topics:

1. Collaborative Interaction – Implications on Security

2. Implication of Global Changes on Security

3. Building Resilience to Crisis and Disaster – Nexus

as keynote speakers are invated

MG William HICKMAN

Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy in Supreme Allied Command Transformation (SACT).

LtG Atanas ZAPRYANOV (Ret.)

Deputy Minister of Defence, BGR

Mr. Dirk DUBOIS

Head of the European Security Defence College, Brussels

Mr Jean-Dominique DULIÈRE

Head of Crisis Response and Exercises Section in NATO HQ, Brussels.

In the eve of the Conference, CMDR COE will hold beside a workshop MSG-147 - M&S Support for Crisis and Disaster Management Processes and Climate Change Implications.

SYNOPSIS

Panel 1: Collaborative Interaction – Implications on Security

The interrelation and interaction between different political, social, technological, economic, and environmental trends is what marks and redefines the global security environment. The dynamics of interconnectedness and interdependence of processes and actors presents both challenges and opportunities for individual countries and for international organisations alike. Remaining relevant and apt in such a context is a key transformation and capability development objective for NATO, as well as for other organisations such as the European Union (EU).

Panel 2: Implication of Global Changes on Security

Analyses on the current security environment puts at the top of NATO’s agenda the necessity to enhance its civil preparedness as a central pillar of the Alliance resilience. Being a cross-cutting factor within NATO’s three core tasks – collective defence, collaborative security, and crisis management, civil preparedness serves a firewall protecting against security threats. Fostering the relations and interactions between the civil and military sectors reinforces collective defence, enhances NATO’s capabilities, and strengthens its resolve.

Panel 3: Building Resilience to Crisis and Disaster – Nexus

Risk assessment is the critical foundation for risk management and building resilience. It is the important first step towards obtaining a shared vision of the wider risk landscape, to help determine what risks are, to be accepted, mitigated and/or transferred; and the reference guide for prioritizing where the resilience of individuals, communities and governments and their institutions need to be reinforced.

More information:

FORMAL INVITATION LETTER

DOWNLOAD CONFERENCE 2019 INFORMATION PACKAGE HERE

DRAFT AGENDA

Conference fee: € 80 (excluding speakers)

Could be paid in Bulgarian leva (BGN) only upon Conference in-processing (5 JUN 2019) or by a bank transfer to:

ACCOUNT: CMDR COE

IBAN: BG45UNCR70001522070686

BIC: UNCRBGSF

BANK: UniCredit Bulbank – Sofia, Bulgaria

1000 Sofia, 7 Sv. Nedelya Sq., Bulgaria

COMMUNICATION: CMDR COE Annual Conference