Presentation of Carlos Mendes

1. Carlos Mendes, National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection, PORTUGAL
From Risk Assessment to Capability
Assessment……while building capabilities
9th High Level Risk Forum
Building capabilities to manage critical risks

2. 2013/14
1st NRA
2017/18
1st NCA
Capability building
2018/19
2nd NRA
9th High Level Risk Forum
Building capabilities to manage critical risks

3. Main driver:
Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism
“In order to promote an effective and coherent approach to prevention of and
preparedness for disasters (…) Member States shall:
(a) develop risk assessments at national or appropriate sub-national level (…);
(b) develop and refine their disaster risk management planning (…);
(c) make available (…) the assessment of their risk management capability (…);
(d) participate, on a voluntary basis, in peer reviews on the assessment of risk
management capability.”
9th High Level Risk Forum
Building capabilities to manage critical risks

4. Responsability:
The Portuguese Authority for Emergency and
Civil Protection (ANEPC) is the Government
Agency designated to coordinate the work on
the National Risk Assessment
National Risk Assessment

5. Advisory Group:
ANEPC was supported by the National Civil Protection Committee
Committee (CNPC), which provided feed-back on the National
Risk Assessment.
CNPC is a cross-departmental advisory board,
with representatives from all the Ministries
(e.g. health, environment, defence, transport, etc.)
and from emergency services
(e.g. Police, Fire-Brigades, Armed Forces, etc.)
National Risk Assessment

6. Very High
Et.Quakes
Tsunamis
Forest
Fires
Heat
waves
High
Radiolog.
Emergenc.
T. Danger.
Goods
Floods
Droughts
Moderate Landslides
Industrial
Accidents
Low
Coastal
Erosion
Very Low
Low
Medium-
Low
Medium
Medium-
High
High
Impact
Likelihood
National Risk Assessment

7. National Risk Assessment
NRA 2019 Update
• New risk considered: wind storms
• Updated data regarding the risk of heat waves, droughts, floods,
tsunamis, dam-break, accidents in Seveso establishments
• New climate change scenarios

8. National Capability Assessment
Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council
on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism
“Risk management capability is assessed in terms of the technical, financial and
administrative capacity to carry out adequate:
(a) risk assessments;
(b) risk management planning for prevention and preparedness; and
(c) [implement] risk prevention and preparedness measures”

9. Based on the results from the risk assessment
it was possible to develop an inventory of
already existent risk management
capabilities
and, at the same time, identify areas
that would need further development
(at legal, technical and financial level)
in order to increase resilience.
National Capability Assessment

10. • Self-assessment exercise
• Facilitate an update on the “State of the art”
• Allows for the identification of gaps and constraints
• Compilation of good practices
• All-hazards approach, with focus on main risks (forest fires,
floods, extreme weather) and HILP risks (earthquakes and
tsunamis)
National Capability Assessment

11. Strenghts
 Existence of a well defined legislative and institutional framework for
for risk management (cross-sectoral and sectoral);
 Consideration of risk assessment as the basis for planning processes
and for the implementation of measures;
 Good engagement of different communities of interest, including
academia and the private sector;
 Increasing consideration of climate change impacts at all stages of
the risk management process.
National Capability Assessment

12. Limitations
 Levels of preparation vary according to the risks (i.e., their incidence
or severity);
 Lack of indicators to measure the impact of the prevention and
preparedness actions;
 Risk management initiatives are spread across different agencies and
ministries  make it difficult to have an aggregate view on prevention
prevention and preparedness initiatives.
National Capability Assessment

13. National Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
(Resolution of the Council of Ministers nº160/2017, 30 October)
Building capabilities
• Implementation of prevention and preparedness actions, reinforcing
the role of the local level
• Coordination amongst different sectorial instruments, action plans
and programs
• Highlight prevention and preparedness as a priority to disaster risk
management

14. 2.
Increase risk
knowlege
3.
Implement
prevention
actions
4.
Reinforce
preparedness
5.
Engaging
citizens
1.
Strenghtning
risk
governace
101 actions to be developped until end-2020
5 strategic goals in line with the Sendai Framework for action
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15. • New legal framework for CP at
local level
• Guidelines for local DRR
Platforms
• Handbook of best practices at
local level
• Engagement of academia and
the private sector (energy,
finance, insurance, water,
health, etc…)
• Training actions to volunteers
• Review of the rural fires’
1. Strenghtning risk
governance
Building capabilities

16. 2. Increase risk
knowledge
• Update of the NRA
• Risk maps (floods, rural
fires, etc.)
• Development of criteria for
a database of losses and
damages
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17. • Implement CCA strategies
• Spatial planning measures
• Urban rehabilitation
• Structural prevention (rural
fires, floods, coastal erosion,
droughts, etc)
3. Implement
prevention actions
Building capabilities

18. • Legal framework for public warnings
• SMS warning system
• Uniformization of pictograms
• Guidelines for emergency plans
• Exercises (e.g. Cascade’19)
4. Reinforce
preparedness
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19. • Risk education guidelines
• CP Clubs at schools
• “Train the teachers”
• “Safe Village, Safe People”
5. Engaging citizens
Building capabilities

20. Peer review of the Portuguese
Disaster Risk Management Approach (16-27SEP2019)
• Comprehensive (full-cycle) review, with focus on wildfires,
tsunamis and CBRN risks related to SEVESO installations
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21. Thank you for your attention!
9th High Level Risk Forum
Building capabilities to manage critical risks