Andorra National Platform
History
Establishment of the commission took place on 27 February 2023. Only one initial presentation meeting has taken place thus far. The second meeting is scheduled for the first half of 2024.
Structure
- Representatives of the Government of Andorra: ministers from the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Territory and Town Planning; directors of departments involved in civil protection and emergency management (police, firefighters, education, transportation, industry, etc.)
- Representatives of the parishes: one consul from each parish
- A person from civil society knowledgeable in the field of risks and emergencies
Mandate
The objective is to create transversal work dynamics and strengthen collaboration among the various stakeholders involved in civil protection.
The National Civil Protection Commission is very recent, and strategic projects aimed at reducing the risk of disasters in the current context of climate change have not yet been developed. However, at a more operational level, action plans have been put in place to organize the response of emergency teams in the face of specific risks according to the different activation levels of the plans.
These documents focus on establishing preventive procedures and identifying various actions in the pre-alert phases. These phases are intended, among other things, to prepare response teams for potential intervention, to inform and provide self-protection advice to the population to reduce the impact of the phenomenon, and to facilitate a return to normalcy.
The mandate of the Commission is four years.