Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management (ICPEM)
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The mission of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management (ICPEM) is to promote excellence in civil protection and emergency management.
In an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world ICPEM is an independent collaborating forum. We are dedicated to achieving better outcomes in disasters and emergencies for people, their property and livelihoods, economies and the environment.
ICPEM unites professional practitioners and academics to provide an informed and influential voice to influence, shape and educate policy makers, professionals, academics and the public.
The Objectives of the Institute
- To promote public safety and to protect the lives and property of citizens Worldwide
- To advance education in the science or art of civil protection
- To provide for the relief of poverty, sickness and distress among those who shall be the victims of or suffer from the effects or aftermath of enemy attacks on civilian populations and/or disasters and emergencies in wartime and peacetime
- To foster international communication and cooperation in all aspects of civil protection and emergency management
- To promote the highest standards of study and research into all aspects of emergencies and disasters
- To promote, and assist in, the education and training of all members of the emergency management community including the wider business continuity profession
- To represent the views of its members to government and other bodies
- To act as a repository for information for the benefit of members and others
- To disseminate recognised research and information which could beneficially influence public and private emergency management practices
Membership in Key Networks
Affiliate of the International Civil Defence Organisation (www.icdo.org)
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.