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Workshop on "Post-Earthquake Period: Conducting Post-Earthquake Inspections and Risk Mitigation in Buildings"
22 June 2023 - Sciakleio Clinical Medicine Training Centre
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this educational workshop co-organized by the Ministry of Interior, Civil Defence, ETEK, the Cyprus Association of Civil Engineers and the General Directorate of Natural Disaster Rehabilitation of Greece, for conducting post-seismic inspections and hazard removal in buildings during the post-seismic period.
Through this workshop, the Ministry of Interior seeks to improve the level of preparedness and coordination of the Technical Services of the Ministry, the Provincial Administrations, the Local Authorities, the ETEK, private engineers, as well as all other stakeholders, in case the implementation of the 'Enceladus' Plan is required due to the occurrence of a major earthquake affecting the built environment of Cyprus. This Plan is the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior but its implementation requires the assistance and cooperation of many departments and agencies.
The workshop covers the implementation of the response system in case of a large-scale disaster and includes information on the implementation of post-earthquake controls. Emphasis is placed on the approach and methodology, depending on the typology of damage to buildings, on risk removal and on shoring and bracing of buildings, as well as on the presentation and completion of autopsy and reinspection forms.
Our aim is the universal information and training of the technical and scientific personnel involved, the increase of interoperability and the development of the system of response and management of the consequences of a large-scale earthquake in our country, so that, if required, we can respond and handle, in a limited period of time, the immediate and medium-term needs of our affected citizens.
Speakers at the conference are renowned scientists from Cyprus and Greece, with many years of academic and practical experience in disaster management and building damage restoration. Special thanks to our dear Cypriot colleagues Mr. Milton Demosthenous, Mr. Nicolas Kyriakidis and Mr. Themos Demetriou for their contribution to the workshop. Allow me, however, to welcome and thank in particular our distinguished Greek colleagues, Mrs. Maria Kleanthi, Dr. Vasilios Mokos and Mr. Angelos Saridakis, who are with us today and who will share their experiences from Greece.
Friends,
I hope that today's workshop will establish a lasting cooperation with the relevant Greek institutions, in the form of training programmes, mutual information and exchange of experiences, and will be the trigger for the adoption of a proactive process, which will prepare those involved in the management of catastrophic events and modernise the national horizontal response mechanism.
I wish everyone good luck and success at the workshop. We look forward to being informed of its results and findings.
EFYs/MB/SX
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