The Conference
Speeches & Presentations
- Welcome Speech by Pedro Alba - English | Russian
- Opening Speech for Plenary Session by Rami Quttaineh - English | Russian
- Managing severe and serious fire events in Australia with emphasis
on NSW - English | Russian - Aerial Forest Fire Management
in Italy - English - Automated Wildfire Fire
Smoke Detection Systems -
English | Russian - Automated Wildland Fire Detection integrated in Fire Management Systems and Procedures
- English | Russian
MOSCOW, March 22-23, 2011 - The International Conference "Summer Heat 2010: Lessons Learned" was co-organized by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in cooperation with the World Bank and the German Ministry of Interior.
The Conference "Summer Heat 2010: Lessons Learned" was well attended by representatives of the UN , EU and the Russian Federal Forestry Agency, as well as by the delegations from more than twenty foreign countries, including the USA, Germany, Italy, Sweden, China, Australia and others.
On the first day of the Conference the World Bank hosted a seminar devoted to the modern technologies of the wildfires detection and extinguishing. The other seminar of the day was hosted by the German Ministry of Interior. German specialists shared their experience in creating and managing volunteer firefighting teams.
Pedro Alba
World Bank Country Director
for Russia
- said
Pedro Alba. -
Too often lessons learned from major disasters are not shared with the international community and valuable insights are lost. Today and tomorrow, we will share our experiences, draw similarities, and bring back ways we can improve our own firefighting systems in our home countries."The second day of the Conference was recorded by the Plenary Session. The majority of the presentations were devoted to the analysis of the Russian wildfires of the year 2010, in particular, to the timeliness and effectiveness of international support granted to Russia.
Draft of the “Action Plan Establishing International Multilateral Mechanism to Overcome Anthropogenic and Natural Disasters” was submitted for the Conference participants’ consideration.
During the last day of the Conference, the Declaration aimed at creating the framework for an international mechanism for emergency humanitarian response at the global level was adopted by a majority vote.
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