The importance of disaster risk management and training on the international and regional levels as well as the national and local levels has been recognized in the past few years in a number of key multilateral frameworks and declarations – International Strategy for Disaster Reduction: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters, European Commission Acts such as the Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction and the National Strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction. In that context, the Output aims to provide the respective authorities in the three countries with scientific data and comparative analysis of the best practices in disaster risk management in the EU.

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Disaster Risk Reduction Awareness and Education

This survey is conducted within the project „Disaster Risk Reduction: Innovative Sustainable Solutions through Interactive Education“ under the Erasmus + program, developed by the University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria, the University of Peloponnese, Greece, and Research and Analyzes Ltd, the UK. The aim of the survey is to provide information about the level of public awareness about disaster risk reduction and the response measures, as well as general information about the characteristics of education in this area in the participating countries. It also has to reveal the respondents’ attitude to the improvement of the existing practice through the implementation of new measures. The results will support the development of an online system with open access for awareness and an interactive educational platform for disaster risk reduction.

The in-depth interviews conducted with top and middle management managers working in relevant states and other institutions on the topic: Disaster Risk Reduction: Innovative sustainable solutions through interactive education

• Specifics of the state policy in the field of disaster risk reduction
• To what extent do senior and middle management managers working in institutions responsible for disaster risk reduction receive information about new documents that shape public policy?
• Disaster risk management measures
• Good practices for disaster risk management
• Innovations that have been introduced in recent years in the field of disaster risk management and risk reduction
• Existence of problem areas in the practice of disaster risk management
• Existence of areas in the practice of disaster risk management and risk reduction in which improvements can be made
• Level of awareness of the institutions about the European and national strategic and regulatory documents, according to the respondents
• Degree of awareness of the population about the practices of disaster risk management and risk reduction
• Level of awareness of the respondents about the availability of training courses on disaster risk management and risk reduction in the educational institutions in the country
• In what directions should the preliminary preparation of the institutions for the implementation of more effective inter-institutional coordination in case of a natural disaster be?