The Civil Protection System in Serbia
Publisher: Jefferson Institute, Belgrade, Serbia
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11 000 Belgrade
Serbia
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This report into Serbia’s civil protection system drew a number of findings, including the following:
1. The conflicts of the 1990s were among the greatest crises that Serbia’s Civil Protection System had ever faced, and the system performed admirably.
2. Any revised legal framework for disaster preparedness and response in Serbia should emphasize coordination of activity and clarification of the different roles of each Ministry and government agency rather than emphasizing the primacy of one agency over the other.
3. Senior staff in the Ministries of Defense, Interior and Environment should continue their efforts to establish an inter‐ministerial coordination body as a mechanism for enhancing disaster preparedness. The United Nations, in their International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, promotes the concept of “National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction” which could be a useful model for promoting inter‐agency cooperation in Serbia.
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