Disaster Risk Management, Situations and Perspectives in Republic of Macedonia

Abstract

Today’s life is characterized by large dynamics and expressed globalization in communication and worldwide movement of people. Rapid technological development and application of highly technical achievements, positively impact the quality of life in most parts of the world. But, at the same time, like never before, modern civilization faces a number of threats and security risks that increasingly threaten the lives and health of people and cause huge consequences for the environment and natural resources. The global security community (UN, EU, NATO, OSCE) and the states individually, undertake intensive cooperation for identifying global risks and raises a number of joint initiatives and activities for their prevention and mitigation, with the unique purpose to avoid major disasters and suffering of modern human civilization. We live at the period (Hyogo 2005-2015 and Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030) that the United Nations, as the most massive worldwide organization devoted to strengthening the resilience of nations and communities against increasingly frequent occurrences of various disasters. The Republic of Macedonia continuously monitors these initiatives and takes all necessary actions to establish and maintain an organized and institutionally based system for monitoring and management of all current and potential risks for their safety and the safety of its citizens.

Keywords

• security
• risk
• risk management
• disaster
• disaster risk management