27. 1. 2026 | POTC, PR
At the beginning of February, POTC will travel to Ukraine to deliver two additional training activities on climate change and disaster risk management.
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The two training sessions, attended by experts from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU), will take place from 9–11 February and 12–14 February 2026. The training represents a further adaptation of the programme with the same title that POTC previously delivered for Ukrainian civil protection in May 2025 in Poland. Consecutive interpretation into Ukrainian will be provided.
The main objective of the training is to familiarise participants with an integrated, all-hazards approach to managing risks related to natural and other disasters, particularly in light of increasingly complex and evolving emergencies. The training focuses on potential mitigation measures to strengthen prevention and preparedness, while taking local specificities into account.
The programme includes lectures on new types of climate-induced natural disasters and enhancing disaster preparedness (including within the framework of the Sendai Framework), EU crisis coordination mechanisms and the new Union Preparedness Strategy, monitoring, data collection and mapping, early warning systems, and hazard risk assessment methodologies. The third and final day of the training includes a practical, simulation-based exercise.
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30. 5. 2025 | Peace and security, POTC, PR
• Rzeszów, Poland – May 29, 2025
On Thursday, May 29, POTC successfully completed the tailor-made training “Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management” to Ukrainian State Emergency Service (SESU) personnel.
Kilknite tukaj za branje članka v slovenščini.
The 4-day training commenced with an introduction from Captain (N) Gorazd Bartol, defence attaché from the Embassy of Slovenia in Warsaw. Thereafter, the programme included sessions on climate security and environmental peacebuilding, climate-change-exacerbated disasters and disaster preparedness, also in the context of the Sendai Framework, crisis coordination mechanisms in the EU, monitoring, data collection and mapping, early warning systems and multi-hazard risk assessment methodologies. The training culminated in a table-top exercise with simulative role-playing within the fictitious scenario of the city of Pyropolis. Discussion-based tabletop exercise allowed the participants to apply all the knowledge and skills delivered throughout the training.
The goal of the training was to familiarise participants with an integrated, all-hazards approach to climate-induced disasters and emergencies. The training focused on potential mitigation measures to enhance prevention and preparedness, while also considering local specificities.
POTC would like to thank all of the speakers and colleagues who worked on this one-of-a-kind training and contributed to making it a success. A special thank you goes to Captain (N) Gorazd Bartol for a warm welcome in Poland. We would also like to thank the participants for their cooperation and engagement throughout the whole activity – we hope that the knowledge delivered will serve them well in their future endeavours in Ukraine.
The training activity was developed and organised in cooperation with the European Security and Defence College (ESDC).
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24. 4. 2025 | Peace and security, POTC, PR
The Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Training will be delivered in cooperation between the Peace Operations Training Centre (POTC) and the European Security and Defence College (ESDC). The training will take place in Rzeszów, Poland, from May 26 to 29, 2025.
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This training is specifically designed for civil protection and disaster management personnel at the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU), following a request from Ukraine, which identified the need for a tailor-made programme focused on disaster risk management and disaster risk reduction, particularly in light of emerging and evolving emergencies driven in part by climate change.
The key objective of the training is to familiarise participants with an integrated, all-hazards approach to climate-induced disasters and emergencies. The training will focus on potential mitigation measures to enhance prevention and preparedness, while also considering local specificities. The training will cover the following topics:
• Climate change and security implications,
• Environmental impact of the conflict,
• Disaster preparedness and response within the context of the Sendai Framework,
• Climate change exacerbated disasters and related necessary adaptation of governance for resilience,
• EU crisis coordination mechanisms and the new preparedness Union strategy,
• The role of the European Commission and DG ECHO in Disaster Management; Union Civil Protection Mechanism,
• Monitoring, data collection and mapping,
• Integration of climate change mitigation measures into emergency response plans and policy documents – examples of good practice,
• Discussion-based exercise on the emergency response in Ukraine.
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