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Participation in NATO bodies in the field of civil emergency planning

In addition to the representatives of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to NATO and the West European Union, the Republic of Slovenia is represented in the Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee by two representatives from the Ministry of Defence (the Director of the Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Protection and Disaster Relief and the Head of the Sector for Civil Defence). Since the beginning of 2002, Committee meetings are held every month in the format of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (46 countries: 19 member states and 27 partnership states). The Partnership States have an important role in the Committee which they have acquired on their own through their active approach, supported at the same time by NATO policy in the Alliance's civil field of operation, which seeks to be as open as possible towards Partnership States. This form of cooperation has already yielded added value and practical results in real situations.

Representatives of the Ministry of the Economy, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Information Society actively participate in the sub-committees and senior committee councils, in addition to the representatives from the Ministry of Defence. A Sub-group for Civil Emergency Planning was formed in April 2001, within the framework of the Interdepartmental Working Group for the Collaboration of the Republic of Slovenia with NATO, whose duty is to ensure the harmonised operation of our national representatives within the framework of NATO

Slovene representatives actively participate in committee seminars, for example, the Civil Defence Committee (1998 - Communicating with the media during disasters; 1999 - Informing, educating and training inhabitants about protection against disasters; 2000 - Procedures for providing and offering humanitarian aid; 2001 - The importance of regional cooperation in protection against disasters).

In September 2002, Slovenia will host the 1st. NATO Medical Symposium incorporating the 7th. NATO Blood Conference, organised by the Joint Health Committee (http://www.gov.si/mz/dmm/). A seminar of the Committee for Food and Agriculture is scheduled to be held in Slovenia in 2004.


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