Resolution 6 : Strengthening legal frameworks for disaster response, risk reduction and first aid | Power of humanity: Red Cross Red Crescent

National Society

Name, position and email of the focal person

Fabio CARTURAN
National Responsible of Trainings in Emergency
Operations
fabio.carturan@cri.it

1. What measures has your National Society taken to support your public authorities to make use of the IDRL Guidelines?
Dissemination of IDRL Guidelines, Training / workshop on IDRL, Technical assistance, Peer to peer exchange (e.g. with other governments and / or National Society)

Comments

The main activity conducted by the ItRC is related to the increased dissemination and knowledge of the IDRL guidelines within the population through its existing comunication channels. Alongside, several workshops were organized in order to prepare citizens to be ready with a first response in case o natural calamity, such as earthquake or fire.

With regards to the training and dissemination of the IDRL guidelines, an update course will be launched in June 2017 in collaboration with the IFRC and other institutions (University of Roma 3 and San Remo Institute). The lessons - to be held by national and international teachers / experts - aims to disseminate and share the regulatory and operational framework across all disaster law systems.

2. Has your National Society supported public authorities to use the Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction to review and strengthen their domestic legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction at the national, provincial and / or local levels?
Technical assistance (e.g. provides input into a draft law or policy related to DRR, supports implementation of relevant laws and procedures, etc.)

Comments

The ItRC has continued to participate in all important meetings with the national authorities in charge of civil protection, with a focus on the improvement of technical assistance and shared procedures.

Due to the reorganization process of the Association of the Italian RC in 2016 (transition from public to private), there was no occasion to review legal framework with the public authorities. Given the recent earthquakes, which hit the center of Italy, the NS is bringing to the attention of the relevant Ministries (e.g. Ministry of Foreign Affairs) the importance of an overall update and dissemination of the IDRL guidelines.

3. What activities has your National Society undertaken in cooperation with your government towards achieving the goals related to DRR, community resilience and climate change adaptation as set out in the Sendai Framework for DRR, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the outcomes of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘Paris Agreement’)?
Public awareness and public education , Assessment of risk and vulnerability, NS response and preparedness (contingency plans, standard operating procedures, pre-disaster meetings, disaster preparedness stocks), Waste disposal, Advocacy, Disaster preparedness and contingency policies, plans and programmes

Please provide more details your activities below:

4. Number of people reached through DRR programmes/projects
16642

* In case the above data is not available, I agree to let the IFRC use the data from its annual DRR mapping conducted with inputs from National Societies.

5. What steps has your National Society taken to support your public authorities in assessing their existing legal frameworks related to first aid?

6. What steps has your National Society taken to support your public authorities in strengthening their existing legal frameworks related to first aid?

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