Risk assessment guidelines

On 21 December 2010, the Commission issued a Staff Working Paper on Risk Assessment and Mapping Guidelines for Disaster Management . Risk assessments, when carried out at national level, are crucial for enhancing disaster prevention and preparedness activities and contribute significantly to planning and capacity building.

The main aim of the guidelines is to improve coherence among the risk assessments undertaken in the EU Member States at national level in the prevention, preparedness and planning stages and to make these risk assessments more comparable between Member States. This will lead to a greater transparency and facilitate co-operation in efforts to prevent and mitigate shared risks, such as cross-border risks.

The EU guidelines for national risk assessment and mapping can also serve as a basis for the 2012 overview of the major risks the EU may face in the future.

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