NATO HQ 20 Mar. 2003

NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS) Round table on Prevention and Mitigation of Societal Disruption The NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS) met at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, on 20-21 March 2003 both for an annual Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council plenary meeting and a Round Table on Prevention and Mitigation of Societal Disruption. The event provided an opportunity for an exchange of views on non-traditional threats to security such as food chain security among experts from both NATO and partner countries as well as some international organisations. Programme - Presentation of Speakers 09h30-09h45 Opening session by Mr. Jean Fournet, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy MP3 2875kb 09h45-11h00 Session 1 : Food Chain Security & Environmental Crime CHAIRMAN: Mr. Geert DE POORTER (Belgium)       Mr. Huseyngulu BAGHIROV Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources, Azerbaijan. Mr. Geert DE POORTER Director, Crisis Prevention and Crisis Management, Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain, Belgium “Food terror: a new challenge for which food agencies and regulatory bodies must find a firm and decisive answer” PPT 361kb MP3 6448kb Mr. Michael CANON Food Standards and Nutrition Officer, FAO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe “FAO activities on food safety in Central and Eastern Europe” PPT 713kb MP3 3868kb Dr. Bruno LUSTIG European Commission, Public Health Directorate, Task force on Biological and Chemical Attacks “Task Force on biological and chemical attacks & threats - BICHAT” PPT 1.26Mb MP3 4349kb Mr. Michael J. PENDERS President, Environmental Security International, USA “Ecoterrorism, environmental crime and international environmental security” MP3 8434kb PPT 4.6Mb Mr. Tor-Petter JOHNSEN CCMS project director, Norway “Generic challenges of environmental crime” MP3 4449kb PPT 273Mb 11h00-11h15 Coffee break   11h15-12h30 Discussion MP3 17858kb Buffet/lunch at NATO Staff Centre (across the parking)   14h30-16h00 Session 2 : National Perspectives on Response Structures to Threats and Risk Communication   CHAIRMAN: Mr. Roger STEEN (Norway)   Dr. Victor V. KUTSENKO Director, Department for Environmental Security, Ministry of Natural Resources, Russian Federation.     MP3 4884kb Capt. Eng. Dariusz DZIWULSKI Deputy Head of Civil Protection Planning Section, The National Headquarters of the State Fire Service of Poland “Polish perspectives on response structures to threats”   MP3 7365kb PPT 3.94Mb Dr. Arnold KAUFMANN Senior Service Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA “Mass casualty response team: community help care providers, emergency services and public health” PPT 2.5Mb   MP3 8961kb Professor Pál TAMÁS Director, Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences “Risk communication and governments: perception, assessment and public tolerance”   MP3 7670kb Mr. Roger STEEN CCMS National Representative, Senior Adviser, Directorate for Civil Defence and Emergency Planning, Norway “Risk communication – Risk perception – Risk awareness”   MP3 8429kb PPT 1.47Mb Mr. George HULL Programme Analyst, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC “ Seeking an informed balance between public access to environmental information and information security”   MP3 6405kb Dr. Fernando CARVALHO RODRIGUES NATO, Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division “Science to lessen the impact of terrorist attacks” PPT 16.3Mb   MP3 7205kb 16h00-16h30 Coffee Break   16h30-17h45 Discussion   MP3 14405kb 17h45-18h15 Conclusions   MP3 1993kb 19h Departure by bus to Chateau Grand-Bigard   Additional information: Update: NATO CCMS round table discussion in EAPC format on “prevention and mitigation of societal disruption” NATO Library: Suggested bibliography on this topic ( PDF 147kb) Website: NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS)