22 Countries Formally Launch Ibero-American Disaster Risk Reduction and Civil Protection Network in Spain
Spain's Ministry of the Interior announced on October 22 that 22 countries had completed the formal constitution of the Ibero-American Network for Disaster Risk Reduction and Civil Protection (RGIR) at the National Civil Protection School in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, in the Community of Madrid, and approved its roadmap for the coming years. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska closed the network's first Conference of National Authorities.
The ministry said the network becomes a permanent cooperation instrument for the Ibero-American community, serving more than 670 million citizens, to share capabilities, knowledge and experience and to respond in a coordinated way to natural risks affecting the region, strengthening risk reduction, preparedness and emergency response.
The meeting approved the network's internal regulations, its strategic guidelines for 2027-2030 and its first Action Plan. It also formalised the handover of the pro tempore presidency: Spain's Secretariat General for Civil Protection and Emergencies transferred the presidency to Andorra's civil protection department, which will take it up effectively from January 1, 2027, while a permanent Technical Secretariat will be exercised by the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB).
The meeting formed part of the official programme of the 30th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government. It was driven by the Interior Ministry's Secretariat General for Civil Protection and Emergencies together with SEGIB, with support from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), among others.
Source: Ministry of the Interior, Spain
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