Framework

Civil Protection community centres incorporate the logic of joint and coordinated work of local organs of civil protection and volunteer citizens and are based on the understanding that the participation of residents of the most vulnerable areas is critical towards the prevention and risk minimizing of adverse events.

The exhibition will be based on a concrete and successful experiment in municipalities in the metropolitan area of Recife, in northeastern Brazil, where the involvement of the population in the planning and management of risks has generated a positive response from disaster prevention to emergencies preparation and even reconstruction of affected scenarios.

The event is held under the Portugal Participa Project, implemented by the In Loco Association in partnership with the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra and the Municipalities of Cascais Funchal and Porto and is funded by the Active Citizenship Programme of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Programme

10:00 | Welcome

10:30 | Opening session

10:40 | Rejane Lucena -  Civil Protection CommunityCentres

11:30 | Q&A

11:40 | Cofee break

11:50 | Rejane Lucena -  Training for Civil ProtectionCommunity Centre Agents

12:40 | Q&A

12:50 | Conclusions

13:00 | Closing

Bio note 

Rejane Lucena, historian and MA in Public Policy Management, is a professor at the State University of Acaraú Valley and civil defense planning manager of the City of Jaboatão dos Guararapes. Lucena is a researcher dedicated to the theme of social mobilization and civil protection, having participated in the deployment community centres in different cities.With several publlished works s on the subject, including the Manual de Formações de Núcleos Comunitários de Defesa Civil [Training Manual for Civil Defense Community Centres].

Registrations

Registrations are free of charge but compulsory.Deadline for registrations: September 18.

Online registration here

Further information

Telef. 289 840 860 | portugalparticipa@in-loco.pt